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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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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

When we are not sure, we are alive.

When we are not sure, we are alive.

One of the things which danger does to you after a time is -, well,...

One of the things which danger does to you after a time is -, well,...

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.

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...

Reality in our century is not something to be faced.

Reality in our century is not something to be faced.

Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.

Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.

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

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

The world doesn't make any heroes anymore.

The world doesn't make any heroes anymore.

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...

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

The most difficult thing in the world is to start a career known only for...

The most difficult thing in the world is to start a career known only for...

There is no difficulty that can not be defeated. There is no victory that can...

There is no difficulty that can not be defeated. There is no victory that can...