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.
GRAHAM GREENETo be in love is to see yourself as someone else sees you, it is to be in love with the falsified and exalted image of yourself. In love we are incapable of honor – the courageous act is no more than playing a part to an audience of two.
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There was always another side to a joke, the side of the victim.
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I hate you, God. I hate you as though you actually exist.
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Hate is a lack of imagination.
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Most things disappoint till you look deeper.
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Innocence is a kind of insanity.
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The truth has never been of any real value to any human being – it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.
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Human nature is not black and white but black and grey.
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All good novelists have bad memories. What you remember comes out as journalism; what you forget goes into the compost of the imagination.
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Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector.
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I aim to be content with what I produce. It’s an aim I never achieve, but I go over my work word by word, time and again, so as to be as little dissatisfied as possible.
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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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Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.
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Friendship is something in the soul. It is a thing one feels. It is not a return for something.
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There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.
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It’s a good world if you don’t weaken.
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