It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
GRAHAM GREENEShe mixes religion with desertion to make it sound noble.
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Eternity is said not to be an extension of time but an absence of time.
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I hate you, God. I hate you as though you actually exist.
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So it always is: when you escape to a desert the silence shouts in your ear.
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As long as nothing happens anything is possible.
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A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.
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It is one of the strange discoveries a man can make that life, however you lead it, contains moments of exhilaration; there are always comparisons which can be made with worse times: even in danger and misery the pendulum swings.
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Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either egotism, selfishness, evil – or else an absolute ignorance.
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There was always another side to a joke, the side of the victim.
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Would the world be in the mess it is if we were loyal to love and not to countries?
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They are always saying God loves us. If thats love I’d rather have a bit of kindness.
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It is always of interest to know what strikes another human being as remarkable.
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It was as though our love were a small creature caught in a trap and bleeding to death: I had to shut my eyes and wring its neck.
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He entered the territory of lies without a passport for return.
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There is a point of no return, unremarked at the time, in most lives.
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Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector.
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