Unhappiness in a child accumulates because he sees no end to the dark tunnel. The thirteen weeks of a term might just as well be thirteen years.

Quote by Graham Greene

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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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in...

It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in...

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...

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...

We are all of us resigned to death: it's life we aren't resigned to.

We are all of us resigned to death: it's life we aren't resigned to.

People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes...

People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes...

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...

Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.

Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.

Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim. It is, one...

Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim. It is, one...

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...

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages...

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages...

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future...

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future...

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.

He felt the loyalty we feel to unhappiness - the sense that is where we...

He felt the loyalty we feel to unhappiness - the sense that is where we...

I have often noticed that a bribe has that effect - it changes a relation....

I have often noticed that a bribe has that effect - it changes a relation....

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...