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Graham Greene quotes

British Playwright, Writer October 2, 1904 – April 3, 1991

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A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from journalists is that novelists are trying to write the truth and journalists are trying to write fiction. Graham Greene
Marlowe's devils wore squibs attached to their tails: evil was like Peter Pan—it carried with it the horrifying and horrible gift of eternal youth. Graham Greene
Graham Greene quote: "It was like having a box of chocolates shut in the bedroom..."
It was like having a box of chocolates shut in the bedroom drawer. Until the box was empty it occupied the mind too much. Graham Greene
Graham Greene quote: "I was an only child. It's a great disadvantage being an only..."
I was an only child. It's a great disadvantage being an only child. Graham Greene
Graham Greene quote: "A man kept his character even when he was insane."
A man kept his character even when he was insane. Graham Greene
Graham Greene quote: "She was his like a table or a chair, but a table owned you,..."
She was his like a table or a chair, but a table owned you, too - by your fingerprints. Graham Greene
His lips felt dry with a literal thirst for righteousness, which was like a glass of ice-cold water on a table in another man's room. Graham Greene
The economy of a novelist is a little like that of a careful housewife who is unwilling to throw away anything that might perhaps serve its turn. Graham Greene
Graham Greene quote: "it is the destiny of a lover to watch unhappiness hardening..."
...it is the destiny of a lover to watch unhappiness hardening like a cast around his mistress. Graham Greene
Graham Greene quote: "I couldn't have thought of her more. Even vacancy was crowded..."
I couldn't have thought of her more. Even vacancy was crowded with her. Graham Greene
Graham Greene quote: "Sooner or later...one has to take sides. If one is to remain..."
Sooner or later...one has to take sides. If one is to remain human. Graham Greene
Graham Greene quote: "Married people grow like each other."
Married people grow like each other. Graham Greene
Graham Greene quote: "It is always of interest to know what strikes another human..."
It is always of interest to know what strikes another human being as remarkable. Graham Greene
Graham Greene quote: "So much in writing depends on the superficiality of one's days."
So much in writing depends on the superficiality of one's days. Graham Greene
Graham Greene quote: "We never get accustomed to being less important to other..."
We never get accustomed to being less important to other people than they are to us. Graham Greene

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