Quotes by Iris Murdoch

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself...

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

-Iris Murdoch-

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

You're always wanting to be forgiven. What do you want to be forgiven for?

Don't tease me. Everything wounds me now except perfect kindness.

One reward of living in hell is a certain kind of courage. I do not fear anything, certainly not morality, or your foul fantasies either.

Only the very greatest art invigorates without consoling.

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

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