+ All our failures are ultimately failures in love. Author, September 5, 2023January 2, 2025, Iris Murdoch, Failure, Love, Relationships, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Criticism, Importance, Perspective, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
We defend ourselves by descriptions and tame the world by generalizing. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Defense, Description, Generalization, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
+ Every artist is an unhappy lover. Author, October 9, 2023January 2, 2025, Iris Murdoch, Creativity, Emotion, Passion, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
Our destiny can be examined, but it cannot be justified or totally explained. We are simply here. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Iris Murdoch, Destiny, Existence, Uncertainty, 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
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
+ The most interesting things are always happening behind one. Author, September 5, 2023January 2, 2025, Iris Murdoch, Discovery, Intrigue, Mystery, 0 Iris Murdoch Novelist · UK
Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful with time. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
If a handsome woman allows that another woman is beautiful, we may safely conclude she excels her. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
