Freedom may be a value in politics, but it is not a value in morals.
IRIS MURDOCHOnly the very greatest art invigorates without consoling.
More Iris Murdoch Quotes
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Every man needs two women, a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.
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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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One should go easy on smashing other people’s lies. Better to concentrate on one’s own.
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Her eyes, which refused to meet mine, had the defensive coldness of those who are determined to lose hope.
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In philosophy if you aren’t moving at a snail’s pace you aren’t moving at all.
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This sort of quiet gazing, which was like a feeding of the heart.
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One of the secrets of a happy life is continous small treats.
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An experience is richest not talked of.
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Jealousy is the most dreadfully involuntary of all sins.
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What a test that is: more than devotion, admiration, passion. If you long and long for someone’s company you love them.
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Emotions really exist at the bottom of the personality or at the top. in the middle they are acted. This is why all the world is a stage.
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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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We defend ourselves with descriptions and tame the world by generalizing.
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Let us not waste love, it is rare enough.
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People have obsessions and fears and passions which they don’t admit to. I think every character is interesting and has extremes. It’s the novelist privilege to see how odd everyone is.
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