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Graham Greene quotes: There's no such thing as gratitude in politics. There's no such thing as gratitude in politics.
Graham Greene quotes: My passion for Sarah had killed simple lust forever. Never again would I be able to enjoy a woman without love. My passion for Sarah had killed simple lust forever. Never again would I be able to enjoy a woman without love.
Graham Greene quotes: They had the comfort of not learning from experience. They had the comfort of not learning from experience.
Graham Greene quotes: He put his mouth on her and kissed her on the cheek; he was afraid of the mouth-thoughts travel too easily from lip to lip. He put his mouth on her and kissed her on the cheek; he was afraid of the mouth-thoughts travel too easily from lip to lip.
Graham Greene quotes: Self-expression is a hard and selfish thing. It eats everything, even the self. At the end you find you haven't even got a self to express. Self-expression is a hard and selfish thing. It eats everything, even the self. At the end you find you haven't even got a self to express.
Graham Greene quotes: They are always saying God loves us. If that's love I'd rather have a bit of kindness. They are always saying God loves us. If that's love I'd rather have a bit of kindness.
Graham Greene quotes: The subject of a novel is not the plot. Who remembers what happened to Lucien de Rebempre in the end? The subject of a novel is not the plot. Who remembers what happened to Lucien de Rebempre in the end?
Graham Greene quotes: It was like having a box of chocolates shut in the bedroom drawer. Until the box was empty it occupied the mind too much. It was like having a box of chocolates shut in the bedroom drawer. Until the box was empty it occupied the mind too much.
Graham Greene quotes: You think it more difficult to turn air into wine than to turn wine into blood?. You think it more difficult to turn air into wine than to turn wine into blood?.
Graham Greene quotes: Hope was an instinct only the reasoning human mind could kill. An animal never knew despair. Hope was an instinct only the reasoning human mind could kill. An animal never knew despair.
Graham Greene quotes: I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused. I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused.
Graham Greene quotes: What is cowardice in the young is wisdom in the old, but all the same one can be ashamed of wisdom. What is cowardice in the young is wisdom in the old, but all the same one can be ashamed of wisdom.
Graham Greene quotes: You cannot love without intuition. You cannot love without intuition.
Graham Greene quotes: Indifference and pride look very much alike, and he probably thought I was proud. Indifference and pride look very much alike, and he probably thought I was proud.
Graham Greene quotes: Insecurity twists meanings and poisons trust. In a closely beleaguered city every sentry is a potential traitor. Insecurity twists meanings and poisons trust. In a closely beleaguered city every sentry is a potential traitor.
Graham Greene quotes: Like some wines our love could neither mature nor travel. Like some wines our love could neither mature nor travel.
Graham Greene quotes: As long as nothing happens anything is possible ... As long as nothing happens anything is possible ...
Graham Greene quotes: He had stylized himselflife was easier that way. He had chosen a physical mould just as writer chooses a technical form. He had stylized himself
life was easier that way. He had chosen a physical mould just as writer chooses a technical form.
Graham Greene quotes: But my love had no intentions: it knew the future. All one could do was try to make the future less hard, to break the future gently when it came. But my love had no intentions: it knew the future. All one could do was try to make the future less hard, to break the future gently when it came.
Graham Greene quotes: This was hell then; it wasn't anything to worry about: it was just his own familiar room. This was hell then; it wasn't anything to worry about: it was just his own familiar room.
Graham Greene quotes: There is an old legend that somewhere in the world every man has his double. There is an old legend that somewhere in the world every man has his double.
Graham Greene quotes: There is not so much virginity in the world that one can afford not to love it when on finds it. There is not so much virginity in the world that one can afford not to love it when on finds it.
Graham Greene quotes: But we do not love people for what they do for us. Love happens to us; it isn't created. But we do not love people for what they do for us. Love happens to us; it isn't created.
Graham Greene quotes: They think my mother's ashes are marijuana. They think my mother's ashes are marijuana.
Graham Greene quotes: A brain was only capable of what it could conceive, and it couldn't conceive what it had never experienced A brain was only capable of what it could conceive, and it couldn't conceive what it had never experienced
Graham Greene quotes: He was like a child with haemophilia: every contact drew blood. He was like a child with haemophilia: every contact drew blood.
Graham Greene quotes: Beware of formulas. If there's a God, he's not a God of formulas. Beware of formulas. If there's a God, he's not a God of formulas.
Graham Greene quotes: At one with the One, it didn't mean a thing besides a glass of Guinness on a sunny day. At one with the One, it didn't mean a thing besides a glass of Guinness on a sunny day.
Graham Greene quotes: It always seemed strange to Wormold that he continued to exist for others when he was not there. It always seemed strange to Wormold that he continued to exist for others when he was not there.
Graham Greene quotes: Friendship is something in the soul. It is a thing one feels. It is not a return for something. Friendship is something in the soul. It is a thing one feels. It is not a return for something.
Graham Greene quotes: It's easier to get over a thing" Scobie said, "if you talk about it It's easier to get over a thing" Scobie said, "if you talk about it
Graham Greene quotes: One has no talent. I have no talent. It's just a question of working, of being willing to put in the time. One has no talent. I have no talent. It's just a question of working, of being willing to put in the time.
Graham Greene quotes: Media is just a word that has come to mean bad journalism. Media is just a word that has come to mean bad journalism.
Graham Greene quotes: His lips felt dry with a literal thirst for righteousness, which was like a glass of ice-cold water on a table in another man's room. His lips felt dry with a literal thirst for righteousness, which was like a glass of ice-cold water on a table in another man's room.
Graham Greene quotes: Disappointment had to be postponed, hope kept alive as long as possible; Disappointment had to be postponed, hope kept alive as long as possible;
Graham Greene quotes: The influence of early books is profound. So much of the future lies on the shelves. Early reading has more influence than any religious teaching. The influence of early books is profound. So much of the future lies on the shelves. Early reading has more influence than any religious teaching.
Graham Greene quotes: When you feel unable to change your bar you have become old. When you feel unable to change your bar you have become old.
Graham Greene quotes: Do you like dogs?''No.''I thought the British were great dog-lovers.''We think Americans love dollars, but there must be exceptions. Do you like dogs?'
'No.'
'I thought the British were great dog-lovers.'
'We think Americans love dollars, but there must be exceptions.
Graham Greene quotes: Rocinante was of more value for a true traveller than a jet plane. Jet planes were for business men. Rocinante was of more value for a true traveller than a jet plane. Jet planes were for business men.
Graham Greene quotes: As long as one suffers one lives. As long as one suffers one lives.
Graham Greene quotes: Perhaps the comparison is closer to the Chinese cook who leaves hardly any part of a duck unserved. Perhaps the comparison is closer to the Chinese cook who leaves hardly any part of a duck unserved.
Graham Greene quotes: Oh, and there was pride, of course. It takes a long time before we cease to feel proud of being wanted. Oh, and there was pride, of course. It takes a long time before we cease to feel proud of being wanted.
Graham Greene quotes: He had been frightened and so he had been vehement. He had been frightened and so he had been vehement.
Graham Greene quotes: Even though my reason wanted the state of death, I was afraid like a virgin of the act. Even though my reason wanted the state of death, I was afraid like a virgin of the act.
Graham Greene quotes: The dead of an army become automatically heroes like the dead of the Church become Martyrs. The dead of an army become automatically heroes like the dead of the Church become Martyrs.
Graham Greene quotes: Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm. Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.
Graham Greene quotes: What makes a man, without hope, cling to a few more minutes of existence? What makes a man, without hope, cling to a few more minutes of existence?
Graham Greene quotes: No building was safe from the furniture, the pictures, the human beings that it would presently contain. No building was safe from the furniture, the pictures, the human beings that it would presently contain.
Graham Greene quotes: Rooms don't change, ornaments stand where you place them: only the heart decays. Rooms don't change, ornaments stand where you place them: only the heart decays.
Graham Greene quotes: She was like a landscape you see from the train, and you want to stop just there. She was like a landscape you see from the train, and you want to stop just there.
Graham Greene quotes: Grief and disappointment are like hate: they make men ugly with self-pity and bitterness. And how selfish they make us too. Grief and disappointment are like hate: they make men ugly with self-pity and bitterness. And how selfish they make us too.
Graham Greene quotes: She was not too young to be wise, but she was too young to know that wisdom shouldn't be spoken aloud when you are happy. She was not too young to be wise, but she was too young to know that wisdom
shouldn't be spoken aloud when you are happy.
Graham Greene quotes: One can't reason away regret-it's a bit like falling in love, falling into regret. One can't reason away regret-it's a bit like falling in love, falling into regret.
Graham Greene quotes: A solitary laugh is often a laugh of superiority. A solitary laugh is often a laugh of superiority.
Graham Greene quotes: He realised that for those who do not love time never stands still. He realised that for those who do not love time never stands still.
Graham Greene quotes: In her view when a thing was done, it was done: remorse died with the act. In her view when a thing was done, it was done: remorse died with the act.
Graham Greene quotes: No human being can really understand another, and no one can arrange another's happiness. No human being can really understand another, and no one can arrange another's happiness.
Graham Greene quotes: Why do we have this desire to tease the innocent? Is it envy? Why do we have this desire to tease the innocent? Is it envy?
Graham Greene quotes: Heresy is another word for freedom of thought. Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.
Graham Greene quotes: I doubt if ever one ceases to love, but one can cease to be in love as easily as one can outgrow an author one admired as a boy. I doubt if ever one ceases to love, but one can cease to be in love as easily as one can outgrow an author one admired as a boy.
Graham Greene quotes: Doing nothing, badly. Doing nothing, badly.
Graham Greene quotes: She thought for the first time, with happiness: perhaps I have a life in people's minds when I am not there to be seen or talked to. She thought for the first time, with happiness: perhaps I have a life in people's minds when I am not there to be seen or talked to.
Graham Greene quotes: Oh well, perhaps when you're my age you'll know the heart is an untrustworthy beast.The mind too,but it doesn't talk about love. Oh well, perhaps when you're my age you'll know the heart is an untrustworthy beast.The mind too,but it doesn't talk about love.
Graham Greene quotes: It is always of interest to know what strikes another human being as remarkable. It is always of interest to know what strikes another human being as remarkable.
Graham Greene quotes: Marlowe's devils wore squibs attached to their tails: evil was like Peter Pan - it carried with it the horrifying and horrible gift of eternal youth. Marlowe's devils wore squibs attached to their tails: evil was like Peter Pan - it carried with it the horrifying and horrible gift of eternal youth.
Graham Greene quotes: To all pimps and whores a merry syphilis and a happy gonorrhea. To all pimps and whores a merry syphilis and a happy gonorrhea.
Graham Greene quotes: Any man who knocks on the door of a brothel is looking for God. Any man who knocks on the door of a brothel is looking for God.
Graham Greene quotes: But if I start believing that, then I have to believe in your God. I'd have to love your God. I'd rather love the men you slept with. But if I start believing that, then I have to believe in your God. I'd have to love your God. I'd rather love the men you slept with.
Graham Greene quotes: He was impregnably armored by his good intentions and his ignorance. He was impregnably armored by his good intentions and his ignorance.
Graham Greene quotes: When we are not sure, we are alive. When we are not sure, we are alive.
Graham Greene quotes: We forget very easily what gives us pain. We forget very easily what gives us pain.
Graham Greene quotes: If I had to choose between life in the Soviet Union and life in the U. S. A. , I would certainly choose the Soviet Union. If I had to choose between life in the Soviet Union and life in the U. S. A. , I would certainly choose the Soviet Union.
Graham Greene quotes: There's a virtue in slowness, which we have lost There's a virtue in slowness, which we have lost
Graham Greene quotes: And when we love our sin then we are damned indeed. And when we love our sin then we are damned indeed.
Graham Greene quotes: It is the storyteller's task to elicit sympathy and a measure of understanding for those who lie outside the boundaries of State approval. It is the storyteller's task to elicit sympathy and a measure of understanding for those who lie outside the boundaries of State approval.
Graham Greene quotes: Hale knew, before he had been in Brighton three hours, that they meant to murder him. Hale knew, before he had been in Brighton three hours, that they meant to murder him.
Graham Greene quotes: If a woman is in one's thoughts all day, one should not have a dream of her at night. If a woman is in one's thoughts all day, one should not have a dream of her at night.
Graham Greene quotes: What happens if you drop all the things that make you I? What happens if you drop all the things that make you I?
Graham Greene quotes: No wine can be regarded as unimportant, my friend, since the marriage at Cana. No wine can be regarded as unimportant, my friend, since the marriage at Cana.
Graham Greene quotes: Ordinary life goes onthat has saved many a man's reason. Ordinary life goes on
that has saved many a man's reason.
Graham Greene quotes: You cannot control what you loveyou watch it driving recklessly towards the broken bridge, the torn-up track, the horror of seventy years ahead. You cannot control what you love
you watch it driving recklessly towards the broken bridge, the torn-up track, the horror of seventy years ahead.
Graham Greene quotes: Sometimes it's easier to cut your coat to fit the cloth than lie on the bed you've made. Sometimes it's easier to cut your coat to fit the cloth than lie on the bed you've made.
Graham Greene quotes: Somebody always leaves a banana-skin on the scene of tragedy. Somebody always leaves a banana-skin on the scene of tragedy.
Graham Greene quotes: All good novelists have bad memories. All good novelists have bad memories.
Graham Greene quotes: I was an only child. It's a great disadvantage being an only child. I was an only child. It's a great disadvantage being an only child.
Graham Greene quotes: I like to change my clothes as little as possible. I suppose some people would say the same of my ideas, the bank had taught me to be wary of I like to change my clothes as little as possible. I suppose some people would say the same of my ideas, the bank had taught me to be wary of whims.
Graham Greene quotes: We'd forgive most things if we knew the facts. We'd forgive most things if we knew the facts.
Graham Greene quotes: A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible. A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.
Graham Greene quotes: He wasn't a patient. I expect someone cured him. You cure a lot of people in this country, don't you, with bullets? He wasn't a patient. I expect someone cured him. You cure a lot of people in this country, don't you, with bullets?
Graham Greene quotes: Fame is a powerful aphrodisiac. Fame is a powerful aphrodisiac.
Graham Greene quotes: There's nothing discreditable about jealousy, Mr Bendrix. I always salute it as the mark of true love. There's nothing discreditable about jealousy, Mr Bendrix. I always salute it as the mark of true love.
Graham Greene quotes: Pain is easy to write. In pain we're all happily individual. But what can one write about happiness? Pain is easy to write. In pain we're all happily individual. But what can one write about happiness?
Graham Greene quotes: Beauty is like success: we can't love it for long. Beauty is like success: we can't love it for long.
Graham Greene quotes: We are all of us resigned to death: it's life we aren't resigned to. We are all of us resigned to death: it's life we aren't resigned to.
Graham Greene quotes: In a mad world it always seems simpler to obey. In a mad world it always seems simpler to obey.
Graham Greene quotes: The only building finished in Duvalierville is the cock-fight stadium. The only building finished in Duvalierville is the cock-fight stadium.
Graham Greene quotes: I thought to myself: 'Is the pain a little less than when I went away?' and tried to persuade myself that it was so. I thought to myself: 'Is the pain a little less than when I went away?' and tried to persuade myself that it was so.
Graham Greene quotes: I wish sometimes you had a few bad motives, you might understand a little more about human beings. I wish sometimes you had a few bad motives, you might understand a little more about human beings.
Graham Greene quotes: You are all alike, you people. You never learn the truththat God knows nothing. You are all alike, you people. You never learn the truth
that God knows nothing.
Graham Greene quotes: There is a point of no return, unremarked at the time, in most lives. There is a point of no return, unremarked at the time, in most lives.

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