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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

You cannot conceive, nor can I, of the appalling strangeness of the mercy of God.
GRAHAM GREENE

God Mercy Strange Yourself
Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector.
GRAHAM GREENE

Better Lying Seek Truth
They are always saying God loves us. If thats love I’d rather have a bit of kindness.
GRAHAM GREENE

God Kindness Love Myself
In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock!
GRAHAM GREENE

Brother Democracy Love Peace Production
You needn’t be so scared. Love doesn’t end. Just because we don’t see each other.
GRAHAM GREENE

Distance End Love Relationship Scare See
I can’t talk you in terms of time –your time and my time are different
GRAHAM GREENE

Different Myself Talk Time
I hate you, God. I hate you as though you actually exist.
GRAHAM GREENE

Existence God Hate Yourself
As long as nothing happens anything is possible.
GRAHAM GREENE

One Liner Possible
A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.
GRAHAM GREENE

Conception Dare Possible
The hands of the guilty don’t necessarily tremble; only in stories does a dropped glass betray agitation. Tension is more often shown in the studied action.
GRAHAM GREENE

Action Betrayal Guilty Hands Necessary Study Tension
Media is just a word that has come to mean bad journalism.
GRAHAM GREENE

Bad Journalism Media Word
Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.
GRAHAM GREENE

Age Curiosity Moral Wisdom
Human nature is not black and white but black and grey.
GRAHAM GREENE

Black Human Nature
There’s a virtue in slowness, which we have lost.
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Lost Slow Virtue
God save us always,’ I said ‘from the innocent and the good.
GRAHAM GREENE

God Goodness Innocence Save
In the end there is no desire so deep as the simple desire for companionship.
GRAHAM GREENE

Company Desire End

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.

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