How huge it is, how empty, this great space for which I have been longing all my life. Still no letters.
IRIS MURDOCHWe defend ourselves with descriptions and tame the world by generalizing.
More Iris Murdoch Quotes
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Guilt keeps people imprisoned in themselves.
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Youth is a marvelous garment.
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One of the secrets of a happy life is continous small treats.
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A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.
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We are all prisoner, but the name of our cure is not freedom.
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An experience is richest not talked of.
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Perhaps there was an intimacy which did not need words.
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The theatre is certainly a place for learning about the brevity of human glory: oh all those wonderful glittering absolutely vanished pantomime! Now I shall abjure magic and become a hermit : put myself in a situation where I can honestly say that I have nothing else to do but to learn to be good.
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I’ve been so unhappy for years, so unhappy, I don’t understand how a human being can be so unhappy all the time and still be alive.
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The most essential and fundamental aspect of culture is the study of literature, since this is an education in how to picture and understand human situations.
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Every artist is an unhappy lover. And unhappy lovers want to tell their story.
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There is a gulf fixed between those who can sleep and those who cannot. It is one of the greatest divisions of the human race.
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Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one’s luck.
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Every man needs two women, a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.
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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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