The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.

Quote by Iris Murdoch

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

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

Only lies and evil come from letting people off.

Only lies and evil come from letting people off.

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.

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...

Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating!

Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating!

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

Anything that consoles is fake.

Anything that consoles is fake.

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,...

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

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

But fantasy kills imagination, pornography is death to art.

But fantasy kills imagination, pornography is death to art.

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

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

We can only learn to love by loving.

We can only learn to love by loving.

When love is in excess it brings a man no honor nor worthiness.

When love is in excess it brings a man no honor nor worthiness.

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach