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
+ Probably no adult misery can be compared with a child’s despair. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Adults, Children, Despair, 0 - Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
+ being homosexual doesn’t determine a man’s whole character any more than being heterosexual does. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Character, 0 - Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
+ Marriage isn’t a tram. It doesn’t have to get anywhere. Feraz Zeid, October 14, 2023December 26, 2023, Iris Murdoch, Marriage, 0 - Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
+ Love is the last and secret name of all the virtues. Feraz Zeid, June 2, 2023December 12, 2023, Iris Murdoch, Love, Secret, 0 - Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
+ All our failures are ultimately failures in love. Feraz Zeid, September 5, 2023December 26, 2023, Iris Murdoch, Failure, 0 - Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
+ Jealousy is the most dreadfully involuntary of all sins. Feraz Zeid, June 10, 2023December 12, 2023, Iris Murdoch, Jealous, Jealousy, Sin, 0 - Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
+ All artists dream of a silence which they must enter, as some creatures return to the sea to spawn. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Artist, Dream, Sea, 0 - Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
+ Nothing is more beautifully and acceptably self-assertive than good singing. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Assertive, Self, Singing, 0 - Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading. - Lin Yutang Writer · China
Art is a guarantee of sanity. That is the most important thing I have said. - Louise Bourgeois Sculptor · France
Opera is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone. - Luciano Pavarotti Opera singer · Italy
Cookery is naturally the most ancient of the arts, as of all arts it is the most important. - George Ellwanger
Sense of humor is important in life, not just in clothing. How boring to live a life in beige. - Jean Pigozzi Businessman
