We forget very easily what gives us pain.
GRAHAM GREENEYou cannot conceive, nor can I, of the appalling strangeness of the mercy of God.
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There is a point of no return, unremarked at the time, in most lives.
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In a mad world it always seems simpler to obey.
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Sweet are the thoughts that savor of content: the quiet mind is richer than a crown.
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Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.
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I had never known her before and I had never loved her so much. The more we know the more we love, I thought.
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Reality in our century is not something to be faced.
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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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I hate you, God. I hate you as though you actually exist.
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People who like quotes love meaningless generalizations.
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Despair is the price one pays for setting himself an impossible aim.
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I aim to be content with what I produce. It’s an aim I never achieve, but I go over my work word by word, time and again, so as to be as little dissatisfied as possible.
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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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You cannot conceive, nor can I, of the appalling strangeness of the mercy of God.
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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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As long as one suffers one lives.
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In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.
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One can’t love humanity. One can only love people.
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Innocence is a kind of insanity.
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It is always of interest to know what strikes another human being as remarkable.
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He was impregnably armored by his good intentions and his ignorance.
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For an artist to think in terms of success is like a priest trying to think in terms of success.
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You needn’t be so scared. Love doesn’t end. Just because we don’t see each other.
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Destruction after all is a form of creation.
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Media is just a word that has come to mean bad journalism.
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Most things disappoint till you look deeper.
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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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