The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life’s major mysteries.
IRIS MURDOCHWe need a moral philosophy which can speak significantly of Freud and Marx and out of which aesthetic and political views can be generated. We need a moral philosophy in which the concept of love, so rarely mentioned now, can once again be made central.
More Iris Murdoch Quotes
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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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We defend ourselves with descriptions and tame the world by generalizing.
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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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Perhaps there was an intimacy which did not need words.
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How huge it is, how empty, this great space for which I have been longing all my life. Still no letters.
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One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats, and if some of these can be inexpensive and quickly procured so much the better.
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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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Youth is a marvelous garment.
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An experience is richest not talked of.
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Only the very greatest art invigorates without consoling.
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However life, unlike art, has an irritating way of bumping and limping on, undoing conversions, casting doubt on solutions, and generally illustrating the impossibility of living happily or virtuously ever after.
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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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Guilt keeps people imprisoned in themselves.
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A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.
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Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.
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