Eternity is said not to be an extension of time but an absence of time.
GRAHAM GREENEThere is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.
More Graham Greene Quotes
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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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Hate is an automatic response to fear, for fear humiliates.
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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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For an artist to think in terms of success is like a priest trying to think in terms of success.
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A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.
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My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane.
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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.
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In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.
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Hate is a lack of imagination.
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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.
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I hate you, God. I hate you as though you actually exist.
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Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either egotism, selfishness, evil – or else an absolute ignorance.
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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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They are always saying God loves us. If thats love I’d rather have a bit of kindness.
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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.
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