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Sooner or later; one has to take sides. If one is to remain human.

Graham Greene

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in…We should be thankful we cannot see the horrors and degradations lying around our childhood, in cupboards and bookshelves, everywhere.
GRAHAM GREENE

Book Childhood Future Moments Ourselves Thankful
He entered the territory of lies without a passport for return.
GRAHAM GREENE

Himself Lying Return
The next best thing to talking to her is talking about her.
GRAHAM GREENE

Love Relationship Talk
Eternity is said not to be an extension of time but an absence of time.
GRAHAM GREENE

Absence Forever Time
In our hearts there is a ruthless dictator, ready to contemplate the misery of a thousand strangers if it will ensure the happiness of the few we love.
GRAHAM GREENE

Heart Leadership Love Misery Stranger
The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You’re there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, you see – every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties.
GRAHAM GREENE

Boredom Greatness Party People Word Writing
In the end there is no desire so deep as the simple desire for companionship.
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Company Desire End
In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock!
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Brother Democracy Love Peace Production
It is always of interest to know what strikes another human being as remarkable.
GRAHAM GREENE

Human Interest Strike
Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully.
GRAHAM GREENE

Challenge Lying Seek Success Truth
So it always is: when you escape to a desert the silence shouts in your ear.
GRAHAM GREENE

Desert Escape Silence Yourself
Despair is the price one pays for setting himself an impossible aim.
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Despair Goal Impossible Pay Price
People who like quotes love meaningless generalizations.
GRAHAM GREENE

Generalization Love Meaning People Quote
We can love with our minds, but can we love only with our minds? Love extends itself all the time, so that we can love even with our senseless nails: we love even with our clothes, so that a sleeve can feel a sleeve.
GRAHAM GREENE

Clothes Love Mindset Ourselves Philosophy Time
Innocence is a kind of insanity.
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Innocence Kind One Liner Sanity
God save us always,’ I said ‘from the innocent and the good.
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God Goodness Innocence Save

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