What did Iris Murdoch mean by: We re all muddlers. The thing is to see is when one’s got to stop muddling. Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK Copy
+ Jealousy is the most dreadfully involuntary of all sins. Author, June 10, 2023January 2, 2025, Iris Murdoch, Involuntary, Jealousy, Sin, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
Bereavement is a darkness impenetrable to the imagination of the unbereaved Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Empathy, Grief, Understanding, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
Not to have been born is undoubtedly best, but sound sleep is second best. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Existence, Preference, Sleep, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
Music relates sound and time and so pictures the ultimate edges of human commmunications. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Communication, Sound, Time, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
There is no triumph of good, and if there were it would not be a triumph of good. Author, December 23, 2023December 29, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Goodness, Paradox, Triumph, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Comfort, Relationship, Value, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
One doesn’t have to get anywhere in a marriage. It’s not a public conveyance. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Commitment, Intimacy, Love, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
Good writing is full of surprises and novelties, moving in a direction you don’t expect. Author, December 23, 2023December 29, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Direction, Surprises, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Mirrors would do well to reflect a little more before sending back images. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
