Graham Greene Quotes

English Writer, Playwright and Literary Critic. Reluctant Roman Catholic. MI6 Agent. Bipolar. Almost won a Nobel Prize in 1961. Lost to a Yugoslav.

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People who like quotations love meaningless generalizations. #TwmA

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September 1, 1939 https://t.co/0fIuFoieHn

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Indifference and pride look very much alike, and he probably thought I was proud. #EotA

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One can't love humanity. One can only love people. #MoF

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So it always is: when you escape to a desert the silence shouts in your ear. #tQA

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It is the storyteller's task to elicit sympathy and a measure of understanding for those who lie outside the boundaries of State approval.

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The pouches under his eyes were like purses that contained the smuggled memories of a disappointing life. #aBOC

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“I wouldn't like to be cremated', she said.
'You'd prefer worms?'
'Yes, I would.” #EotA

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... but they are not so aware of the lust there is in sorrow. #tTM (2/2)

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All the emotions have something in common. People are quite aware of the sorrow there always is in lust … (1/2)

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But I'm a bad priest, you see. I know — from experience — how much beauty Satan carried down with him when he fell. #PatG

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All good novelists have bad memories. #amwriting

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You cannot love without intuition. #tQA

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Never presume yours is a better morality. #TwmA

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We should be thankful we cannot see the horrors and degradations lying around our childhood, in cupboards and bookshelves, everywhere. #PatG

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The next best thing to talking to her is talking about her. #EotA

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One has no talent. I have no talent. It's just a question of working, of being willing to put in the time.

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It is always of interest to know what strikes another human being as remarkable. #MoF

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We are all resigned to death: it's life we aren't resigned to. #HotM

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One can't reason away regret — it's a bit like falling in love, falling into regret. #HF

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Oh yes, people always, everywhere, loved their enemies. It was their friends they preserved for pain and vacuity. #tQA