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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

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

God Mercy Strange Yourself
Pity is cruel. Pity destroys.
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Cruelty Destroy Pity
We forget very easily what gives us pain.
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Easy Forget Pain
There was always another side to a joke, the side of the victim.
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Joke Side Victim
Sooner or later; one has to take sides. If one is to remain human.
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Human Oneself Side
You needn’t be so scared. Love doesn’t end. Just because we don’t see each other.
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Distance End Love Relationship Scare See
One can’t love humanity. One can only love people.
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Humanity Love Oneself People
In the end there is no desire so deep as the simple desire for companionship.
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Company Desire End
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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Impossible Life Oneself Prison Trust
Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.
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Guard Harm Innocence Protection Wisdom World
Media is just a word that has come to mean bad journalism.
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Bad Journalism Media Word
Most things disappoint till you look deeper.
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Appearance Deep Disappoint
Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector.
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Better Lying Seek Truth
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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Choice Moments Story
Politics, war, marriage, crime, adultery. Everything that exists in the world has something to do with money.
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Adult Crime Marriage Money Politics
We never get accustomed to being less important to other people than they are to us.
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Important People Value Worth

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.

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