An autobiography is only ‘a sort of life’ – it may contain less errors of fact than a biography, but it is of necessity even more selective: it begins later and it ends prematurely.
GRAHAM GREENEGod save us always,’ I said ‘from the innocent and the good.
More Graham Greene Quotes
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People who like quotes love meaningless generalizations.
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You cannot conceive, nor can I, of the appalling strangeness of the mercy of God.
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So it always is: when you escape to a desert the silence shouts in your ear.
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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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A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from journalists is that novelists are trying to write the truth and journalists are trying to write fiction.
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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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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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There was always another side to a joke, the side of the victim.
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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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I say that home is where there is a chair and a glass.
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Innocence is a kind of insanity.
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Pity is cruel. Pity destroys.
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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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She mixes religion with desertion to make it sound noble.
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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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