People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.

Quote by Iris Murdoch

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Jealousy is the most dreadfully involuntary of all sins

Jealousy is the most dreadfully involuntary of all sins

Jealousy comes from self-love rather than from true love.

Jealousy comes from self-love rather than from true love.

Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.

Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.

Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.

Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.

We can only learn to love by loving.

We can only learn to love by loving.

I see myself as Rhoda, not Mary Tyler Moore.

I see myself as Rhoda, not Mary Tyler Moore.

Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

We shall be better prepared for the future if we see how terrible, how doomed...

We shall be better prepared for the future if we see how terrible, how doomed...

Moralistic is not moral. And as for truth - well, it's like brown - it's...

Moralistic is not moral. And as for truth - well, it's like brown - it's...

All art is a struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous.

All art is a struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous.

Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.

Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.

I daresay anything can be made holy by being sincerely worshipped.

I daresay anything can be made holy by being sincerely worshipped.

But fantasy kills imagination, pornography is death to art.

But fantasy kills imagination, pornography is death to art.

Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world...

Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world...

We can only learn to love by loving.

We can only learn to love by loving.

Anything that consoles is fake.

Anything that consoles is fake.

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at...

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at...

Good luck is often with the man who doesn't include it in his plans

Good luck is often with the man who doesn't include it in his plans

Sometimes not getting what you want is a brilliant stroke of luck.

Sometimes not getting what you want is a brilliant stroke of luck.

The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for...

The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for...

The desire to write grows with writing.

The desire to write grows with writing.