British - Playwright | October 2, 1904 - April 3, 1991
My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane.
Graham Greene
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They are always saying God loves us. If that's love I'd rather have a bit of kindness.
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Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.
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Success is more dangerous than failure, the ripples break over a wider coastline.
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Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.
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A solitary laugh is often a laugh of superiority.
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Failure too is a form of death.
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It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
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The truth has never been of any real value to any human being - it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.
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Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully.
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The world doesn't make any heroes anymore.
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Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.
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