Behind the complicated details of the world stand the simplicities: God is good, the grown-up man or woman knows the answer to every question, there is such a thing as truth, and justice is as measured and faultless as a…

Quote by Graham Greene

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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.

Sentimentality - that's what we call the sentiment we don't share.

Sentimentality - that's what we call the sentiment we don't share.

Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.

Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.

They are always saying God loves us. If that's love I'd rather have a bit...

They are always saying God loves us. If that's love I'd rather have a bit...

People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes...

People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes...

Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those, who do not...

Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those, who do not...

If you have abandoned one faith, do not abandon all faith. There is always an...

If you have abandoned one faith, do not abandon all faith. There is always an...

The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're...

The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're...

When we are not sure, we are alive.

When we are not sure, we are alive.

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages...

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages...

Failure too is a form of death.

Failure too is a form of death.

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning...

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning...

The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're...

The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're...

He felt the loyalty we feel to unhappiness - the sense that is where we...

He felt the loyalty we feel to unhappiness - the sense that is where we...

One of the things which danger does to you after a time is -, well,...

One of the things which danger does to you after a time is -, well,...

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on...

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on...

It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in...

It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in...

Against the beautiful and the clever and the successful, one can wage a pitiless war,...

Against the beautiful and the clever and the successful, one can wage a pitiless war,...

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard...

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard...

The world is not black and white. More like black and grey.

The world is not black and white. More like black and grey.