All good novelists have bad memories.
GRAHAM GREENEA single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.
More Graham Greene Quotes
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I say that home is where there is a chair and a glass.
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One has no talent. I have no talent. It’s just a question of working, of being willing to put in the time.
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Hate is an automatic response to fear, for fear humiliates.
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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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God save us always,’ I said ‘from the innocent and the good.
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A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.
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Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector.
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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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It’s a good world if you don’t weaken.
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Against the beautiful and the clever and the successful, one can wage a pitiless war, but not against the unattractive: then the millstone weighs on the breast.
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Sooner or later; one has to take sides. If one is to remain human.
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He entered the territory of lies without a passport for return.
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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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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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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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