We are all of us resigned to death: it’s life we aren’t resigned to.
GRAHAM GREENEIn the end there is no desire so deep as the simple desire for companionship.
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The truth has never been of any real value to any human being – it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.
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I say that home is where there is a chair and a glass.
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In the end there is no desire so deep as the simple desire for companionship.
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Eternity is said not to be an extension of time but an absence of time.
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Despair is the price one pays for setting himself an impossible aim.
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Beauty is like success: we can’t love it for long.
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I had to touch you with my hands, I had to taste you with my tongue; one can’t love and do nothing.
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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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One has no talent. I have no talent. It’s just a question of working, of being willing to put in the time.
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God save us always,’ I said ‘from the innocent and the good.
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In a mad world it always seems simpler to obey.
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Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector.
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Innocence is a kind of insanity.
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Politics, war, marriage, crime, adultery. Everything that exists in the world has something to do with money.
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Friendship is something in the soul. It is a thing one feels. It is not a return for something.
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