Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim. It is, one is told, the unforgivable sin, but it is a sin the corrupt or evil man never practices. He always has hope. He never reaches the…

Quote by Graham Greene

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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...

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,...

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future...

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future...

I have often noticed that a bribe has that effect - it changes a relation....

I have often noticed that a bribe has that effect - it changes a relation....

Behind the complicated details of the world stand the simplicities: God is good, the grown-up...

Behind the complicated details of the world stand the simplicities: God is good, the grown-up...

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,...

When we are not sure, we are alive.

When we are not sure, we are alive.

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...

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

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

Failure too is a form of death.

Failure too is a form of death.

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.

A solitary laugh is often a laugh of superiority.

A solitary laugh is often a laugh of superiority.

Media is a word that has come to mean bad journalism

Media is a word that has come to mean bad journalism

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...

Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either egotism, selfishness,...

Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either egotism, selfishness,...

Nobody thinks in terms of human beings. Governments don't, why should we? They talk about...

Nobody thinks in terms of human beings. Governments don't, why should we? They talk about...

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...

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.

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...