Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.

Quote by Iris Murdoch

Topics: Luck Quotes, Writing Quotes

Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.

Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.

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...

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...

Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than...

Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than...

Only lies and evil come from letting people off.

Only lies and evil come from letting people off.

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

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

There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.

There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.

Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy...

Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy...

Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions.

Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions.

Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

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,...

Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.

Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.

We can only learn to love by loving.

We can only learn to love by loving.

The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a...

The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a...

Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.

Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.

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

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

In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is...

In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is...

Jealousy is the most dreadfully involuntary of all sins

Jealousy is the most dreadfully involuntary of all sins

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

Never hate people who are jealous of you but respect their jealousy because they're the...

Never hate people who are jealous of you but respect their jealousy because they're the...