What did Iris Murdoch mean by: Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one’s luck. - Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK Copy
+ You cannot have both truth and what you call civilisation. Feraz Zeid, June 10, 2023December 12, 2023, Iris Murdoch, Civilisation, Truth, 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
+ 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
+ The most potent and sacred command which can be laid upon any artist is the command: wait. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Artist, Waiting, 0 - Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
+ Bereavement is a darkness impenetrable to the imagination of the unbereaved Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Grief, Love, Saying Goodbye, 0 - Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
+ To be a complete victim may be another source of power. Feraz Zeid, September 29, 2023December 26, 2023, Iris Murdoch, Power, Victim, 0 - Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
+ Upon the demon-ridden pilgrimage of human life, what next I wonder. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Demon, Wonder, 0 - Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
+ Good writing is full of surprises and novelties, moving in a direction you don’t expect. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Novelty, Writing, 0 - Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art. - William Ralph Inge Theologian and Anglican priest · England
To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If a handsome woman allows that another woman is beautiful, we may safely conclude she excels her. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
He who will not listen to any advice, nor be corrected in his writings, is a rank pedant. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
