The world doesn't make any heroes anymore.

Quote by Graham Greene

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Unhappiness in a child accumulates because he sees no end to the dark tunnel. The...

Unhappiness in a child accumulates because he sees no end to the dark tunnel. The...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

Reality in our century is not something to be faced.

Reality in our century is not something to be faced.

Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.

Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

When you visualized a man or woman carefully, you could always begin to feel pity...

When you visualized a man or woman carefully, you could always begin to feel pity...

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...

A solitary laugh is often a laugh of superiority.

A solitary laugh is often a laugh of superiority.

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

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