Friendship is something in the soul. It is a thing one feels. It is not a return for something.
GRAHAM GREENEInnocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.
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So it always is: when you escape to a desert the silence shouts in your ear.
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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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We never get accustomed to being less important to other people than they are to us.
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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.
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Despair is the price one pays for setting himself an impossible aim.
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It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
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Sweet are the thoughts that savor of content: the quiet mind is richer than a crown.
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God save us always,’ I said ‘from the innocent and the good.
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As long as nothing happens anything is possible.
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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.
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It is a great danger for everyone when what is shocking changes.
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To be in love is to see yourself as someone else sees you, it is to be in love with the falsified and exalted image of yourself. In love we are incapable of honor – the courageous act is no more than playing a part to an audience of two.
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Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.
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Media is just a word that has come to mean bad journalism.
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