What did Iris Murdoch mean by: Of course reading and thinking are important but, my God, food is important too. Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK Copy
+ evil soon makes tools out of those who don’t hate it. Author, July 2, 2023January 2, 2025, Iris Murdoch, Deception, Hatred, Manipulation, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Indifference, Morality, Passion, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
Love can’t always do work. Sometimes it just has to look into the darkness. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Acceptance, Emotions, Love, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
being homosexual doesn’t determine a man’s whole character any more than being heterosexual does. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Equality, Identity, Sexuality, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
Another person’s illness is often harder to bear than one’s own. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Comparison, Compassion, Empathy, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
One should go easy on smashing other people’s lies. Better to concentrate on one’s own. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Humility, Integrity, Self-improvement, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
We re all muddlers. The thing is to see is when one’s got to stop muddling. Author, December 23, 2023December 29, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Decision-making, Reflection, Uncertainty, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
We shall be better prepared for the future if we see how terrible, how doomed the present is. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Awareness, Pessimism, Preparation, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
Only when a book is written out of passion is there much hope of its being read with passion. Jean Fritz
At home I keep things simple with fish, pasta and soups and am often preparing stuff for the family. Jean Reno
One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by. Jeannette Walls Journalist · USA
