You cannot conceive, nor can I, of the appalling strangeness of the mercy of God.
GRAHAM GREENEYou cannot conceive, nor can I, of the appalling strangeness of the mercy of God.
GRAHAM GREENEIt is a great danger for everyone when what is shocking changes.
GRAHAM GREENEIt is always of interest to know what strikes another human being as remarkable.
GRAHAM GREENEInnocence is a kind of insanity.
GRAHAM GREENEWe never get accustomed to being less important to other people than they are to us.
GRAHAM GREENEYou needn’t be so scared. Love doesn’t end. Just because we don’t see each other.
GRAHAM GREENEPoint me out the happy man and I will point you out either egotism, selfishness, evil – or else an absolute ignorance.
GRAHAM GREENEA single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.
GRAHAM GREENEInnocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.
GRAHAM GREENEWe forget very easily what gives us pain.
GRAHAM GREENEThere’s a virtue in slowness, which we have lost.
GRAHAM GREENEBeauty is like success: we can’t love it for long.
GRAHAM GREENEThey are always saying God loves us. If thats love I’d rather have a bit of kindness.
GRAHAM GREENEI can’t talk you in terms of time –your time and my time are different
GRAHAM GREENEIn the end there is no desire so deep as the simple desire for companionship.
GRAHAM GREENEIt is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
GRAHAM GREENE