He was impregnably armored by his good intentions and his ignorance.
GRAHAM GREENEA single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.
More Graham Greene Quotes
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Sometimes I see myself reflected too closely in other men for comfort, and then I have an enormous wish to believe in the saints, in heroic virtue.
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He entered the territory of lies without a passport for return.
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The next best thing to talking to her is talking about her.
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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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Sooner or later; one has to take sides. If one is to remain human.
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Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt.
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It is a great danger for everyone when what is shocking changes.
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Of two hearts one is always warm and one is always cold: the cold heart is more precious than diamonds: the warm heart has no value and is thrown away.
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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 can’t talk you in terms of time –your time and my time are different
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Destruction after all is a form of creation.
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Most things disappoint till you look deeper.
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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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Media is just a word that has come to mean bad journalism.
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It was as though our love were a small creature caught in a trap and bleeding to death: I had to shut my eyes and wring its neck.
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