“When one is very close to Truth itself, truthfulness vanishes.”
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Famous Iris Murdoch Quotes
“In a way it does not matter where I am. In another way where I am is fated.”
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“She thought, I am becoming a recluse. Yes, that's it, that is the way.”
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“I'm being led — on some dark way.”
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“Now she did not even wish to try, for fear of rousing up something terrible.”
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“But I can't do anything for him and he can't do anything for me. We must wail in our own corners.”
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“But suicides are mysterious, and one must respect their mystery.”
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“Magic besieges the religious life and men yearn to speak the language of angels.”
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“Perhaps one could not live with such knowledge. One might die for it, or of it.”
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“The dread enactment of the dream had turned into a waking horror.”
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“What is God anyway?" "A dark place —”
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“. . . the huge machine of her misery.”
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“I can't believe in your other attachment.”
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“How we tracked him, you most of all of course, and lost him and found him.”
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“On this diet of expectation, he had fairly frenzied himself by the time he arrived.”
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“He thought, this is hell, not being able to live with oneself.”
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“The unspoken words trembled in the air.”
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“He was attentive but impersonal, and esteemed rather than loved.”
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“Better keep such things decently buried.”
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“. . . where an iron bedstead was wrapped in stillness.”
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“At the very thought he felt a tendency to tremble.”
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“But he was surrendered, they had surrendered him, into the power of death.”
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“He did not read. This continued to amaze Ludens who could not imagine existence without reading.”
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“Franca, darling, let's be simple." "And move quietly in the dark.”
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“Village life can be terribly unpeaceful!”
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“I'm made for misery, misery, misery, I'm made to be destroyed!”
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“She was not just a wild creature, she was a wounded creature.”
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“Anywhere is dangerous if you carry danger with you.”
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“And this great love makes you both ruthless.”
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“I'm sorry, I'm not myself. Or rather I am myself, my new self.”
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“Now let us leave this place, it is rather eerie.”
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“Perhaps it was a case of time overflowing.”
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“I'll look after you, I'll go with you anywhere, I won't ever leave you.”
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“I believe in you so much that you must do what I want.”
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“How can I even think of such a fate . . . Better to commit murder.”
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“Perhaps there was an intimacy which did not need words.”
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“Now, when she felt so deeply connected to him, they were finally estranged.”
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“Sometimes I feel I am crammed with demons.”
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