It is always of interest to know what strikes another human being as remarkable.
GRAHAM GREENEHer face looked ugly in the attempt to avoid tears; it was an ugliness which bound him to her more than any beauty could have done. It isn’t being happy together, he thought as though it were a fresh discovery, that makes one love–it’s being unhappy together.
More Graham Greene Quotes
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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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Beauty is like success: we can’t love it for long.
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Sweet are the thoughts that savor of content: the quiet mind is richer than a crown.
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Death will come in any case, and there is a long afterwards if the priests are right and nothing to fear if they are wrong.
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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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There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.
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We are all of us resigned to death: it’s life we aren’t resigned to.
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A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.
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The next best thing to talking to her is talking about her.
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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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Despair is the price one pays for setting himself an impossible aim.
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I can’t talk you in terms of time –your time and my time are different
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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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Hate is a lack of imagination.
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In the end there is no desire so deep as the simple desire for companionship.
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