What did Graham Greene mean by: A ruling passion gives to a shelf of novels the unity of a system. - Graham Greene Copy
+ He felt the loyalty we feel to unhappiness – the sense that is where we really belong. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Graham Greene, Happiness, Literature, Loyalty, 0 - Graham Greene
+ You needn’t be so scared. Love doesn’t end. Just because we don’t see each other. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Graham Greene, End, Scared, 0 - Graham Greene
+ Hope was an instinct only the reasoning human mind could kill. An animal never knew despair. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Graham Greene, Animal, Despair, Mind, 0 - Graham Greene
+ You cannot conceive, nor can I, of the appalling strangeness of the mercy of God. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Graham Greene, Cathedrals, Mercy, Mercy Of God, 0 - Graham Greene
+ What have we all got to expect that we allow ourselves to be so lined with disappointment? Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Graham Greene, Disappointment, 0 - Graham Greene
+ Suffering is not increased by numbers; one body can contain all the suffering the world can feel. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Graham Greene, Numbers, Suffering, 0 - Graham Greene
+ The world was in her heart already, like the small spot of decay in a fruit. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Graham Greene, Decay, Fruit, Heart, 0 - Graham Greene
+ Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Graham Greene, Drinking, Lying, Wine, 0 - Graham Greene
Love, slow and gradual in its growth, is too much like friendship ever to be a violent passion. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Only when a book is written out of passion is there much hope of its being read with passion. - Jean Fritz
The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue. - William Cowper Poet · England
Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless. - Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Me, rule? Me, place the State under my law, when my feeble reason no longer rules even myself! - Jean Racine Playwright · France
When I’m carried away, isn’t it clear that my heart contradicts my mouth? - Jean Racine Playwright · France
By dying I wanted to maintain my honor, and hide a flame so black from the daylight! - Jean Racine Playwright · France