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

Quote by Iris Murdoch

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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...

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...

There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.

There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.

Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.

Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.

But fantasy kills imagination, pornography is death to art.

But fantasy kills imagination, pornography is death to art.

The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to...

The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to...

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.

Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.

Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.

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.

Jealousy is the most dreadfully involuntary of all sins

Jealousy is the most dreadfully involuntary of all sins

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...

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...

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

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

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...

People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the...

People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the...

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,...

No love is entirely without worth, even when the frivolous calls to the frivolous and...

No love is entirely without worth, even when the frivolous calls to the frivolous and...

I see myself as Rhoda, not Mary Tyler Moore.

I see myself as Rhoda, not Mary Tyler Moore.

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.

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

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