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

Quote by Iris Murdoch

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Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wavelength of ours all they...

Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wavelength of ours all they...

Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.

Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.

I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice,...

I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice,...

In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is...

In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is...

Anything that consoles is fake.

Anything that consoles is fake.

Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously.

Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously.

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

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

We can only learn to love by loving.

We can only learn to love by loving.

A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.

A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.

In philosophy if you aren't moving at a snail's pace you aren't moving at all.

In philosophy if you aren't moving at a snail's pace you aren't moving at all.

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

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

One doesn't have to get anywhere in a marriage. It's not a public conveyance.

One doesn't have to get anywhere in a marriage. It's not a public conveyance.

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

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

Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy...

Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy...

Only lies and evil come from letting people off.

Only lies and evil come from letting people off.

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...

But fantasy kills imagination, pornography is death to art.

But fantasy kills imagination, pornography is death to art.

Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to...

Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to...

Sometimes I want to clean up my desk and go out and say, respect me,...

Sometimes I want to clean up my desk and go out and say, respect me,...

Gatsby, pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets, was...

Gatsby, pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets, was...