Reading and writing and the preservation of language and its forms and the kind of eloquence and the kind of beauty which the language is capable of is terribly important to the human beings because this is connected to thought.
IRIS MURDOCH
We are all prisoner, but the name of our cure is not freedom.
More Iris Murdoch Quotes
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Reading and writing and the preservation of language and its forms and the kind of eloquence and the kind of beauty which the language is capable of is terribly important to the human beings because this is connected to thought.
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Anything that consoles is fake.
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The talk of lovers who have just declared their love is one of life’s most sweet delights. Each vies with the other in humility, in amazement at being so valued. The past is searched for the first signs and each one is in haste to declare all that he is so that no part of his being escapes the hallowing touch.
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I feel I’m at the end of something – everything is going to be different – and terrible.
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Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wavelength of ours all they hear is a continuous scream.
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Every man needs two women, a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.
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Only the very greatest art invigorates without consoling.
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I took a deep breath, however, and followed my rule of never speaking frankly to women in moments of emotion. No good ever comes of this.
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Bereavement is a darkness impenetrable to the imagination of the unbereaved.
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That doesn’t sound like you, you ride every wave. There is one that will drown me
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Every persisting marriage is based on fear’, said Peregrine. ‘Fear is fundamental, you dig down in human nature and what’s at the bottom? Mean spiteful cruel self-regarding fear, whether it makes you to put the foot in it or whether it makes you to cower.
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Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.
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One of the secrets of a happy life is continous small treats.
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We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality says Iris Murdoch. But given the state of the world, is it wise?
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I don’t think I can marry, I’m not fit for it, I’m not real enough. That’s the trouble. I’m a puppet that’s realised what’s wrong with itself and it’s horrible. I’m propped up somewhere all alone, watching the real people go past. I’m propped up crying in a corner.
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I felt a deep grief that crouched and stayed still as if it was afraid to move.
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