We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.
Iris Murdoch quote Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.
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Iris Murdoch quoteWe can only learn to love by loving.
Iris Murdoch quote The cry of equality pulls everyone down.
Iris Murdoch quote The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.
Iris Murdoch quote A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.
Iris Murdoch quote There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.
Iris Murdoch quote The sin of pride may be a small or a great thing in someone's life, and hurt vanity a passing pinprick, or a self-destroying or ever murderous obsession.
Iris Murdoch quote Biography
1919-99, Irish author
