Quotation from: The Arrow of Gold

Written by: Joseph Conrad

I had lost myself with my elbows on my knees and my head in my
hands, but I heard the words distinctly. I heard also the silence
which ensued. I sat up and took the responsibility of the answer
on myself.

"Impossible. I am going to sea this evening."

This was perfectly true only I had totally forgotten it till then.
For the last two days my being was no longer composed of memories
but exclusively of sensations of the most absorbing, disturbing,
exhausting nature. I was like a man who has been buffeted by the
sea or by a mob till he loses all hold on the world in the misery
of his helplessness. But now I was recovering. And naturally the
first thing I remembered was the fact that I was going to sea.