People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes it needs as much courage to walk with any kind of bearing towards another person's habitual misery.

Quote by Graham Greene

Topics: Courage Quotes, Men Quotes

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...

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...

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

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

When we are not sure, we are alive.

When we are not sure, we are alive.

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...

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...

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 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...

Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies...

Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies...

A movie is not a book. If the source material is a book, you cannot...

A movie is not a book. If the source material is a book, you cannot...

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...

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.

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...

A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from...

A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from...

A murderer is regarded by the conventional world as something almost monstrous, but a murderer...

A murderer is regarded by the conventional world as something almost monstrous, but a murderer...

The moment comes when a character does or says something you hadn't thought about. At...

The moment comes when a character does or says something you hadn't thought about. At...

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...

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

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

Failure too is a form of death.

Failure too is a form of death.