Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

Quote by Graham Greene

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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...

The economy of a novelist is a little like that of a careful housewife who...

The economy of a novelist is a little like that of a careful housewife who...

Failure too is a form of death.

Failure too is a form of death.

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...

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...

When we are not sure, we are alive.

When we are not sure, we are alive.

When we are not sure, we are alive.

When we are not sure, we are alive.

In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.

In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.

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....

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.

The truth has never been of any real value to any human being - it...

The truth has never been of any real value to any human being - it...

God created a number of possibilities in case some of his prototypes failed - that...

God created a number of possibilities in case some of his prototypes failed - that...

You think it more difficult to turn air into wine than to turn wine into...

You think it more difficult to turn air into wine than to turn wine into...

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,...

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.

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...

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...

Don't be afraid to fail. Don't waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from...

Don't be afraid to fail. Don't waste energy trying to cover up failure. Learn from...

Opposition is a natural part of life. Just as we develop our physical muscles through...

Opposition is a natural part of life. Just as we develop our physical muscles through...

It has meant a lot to me to challenge the best players in the world...

It has meant a lot to me to challenge the best players in the world...

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit...

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit...

Truth is by nature self-evident, as soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that...

Truth is by nature self-evident, as soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that...