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Quote by Graham Greene

“The economy of a novelist is a little like that of a careful housewife who is unwilling to throw away anything that might perhaps serve its turn.”

Book:In Search of a Character: Two African Journals

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In Search of a Character: Two African Journals

This book offers a series of introspective essays and diary entries capturing the author's experiences and insights during two separate trips to Africa. The narrative delves into the author's exploration of African culture, landscapes, and personal growth. more

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Graham Greene

Graham Greene was a renowned British writer born on October 2, 1904. His works are characterized by deep insight and unique narrative techniques, and he is hailed as one of the greatest novelists of the 20th century. Greene's writing spans a variety of themes, including spy novels, religious novels, and noir novels. more

“There are dangers in sentimentalizing nature. Most sentimental ideas imply, at bottom, a deep if unacknowledged disrespect. It is no accident that we Americans, probably the world's champion sentimentalizers about nature, are at one and the same time probably the world's most voracious and disrespectful destroyers of wild and rural countryside.”

Ifs World Ideas Nature Danger Bottom Accidents Champion Sentimental Disrespect Countryside Sentimentality Destroyers Disrespectful

Book:The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Source: The Death and Life of Great American Cities

“poverty has no causes. Only prosperity has causes. Analogically, heat is a result of active processes; it has causes. But cold is not the result of any processes; it is only the absence of heat. Just so, the great cold of poverty and economic stagnation is merely the absence of economic development.”

Causes Process Results Poverty Economic Cold Development Prosperity Active Absence Heat Stagnation Economic Development

Book:The Economy of Cities

Source: The Economy of Cities

“Power is supposed to be so corrupt. I don't think it's so much corrupt, in the usual sense of the word, as stupid and unrealistic. The more power a person has, the further he gets from reality.”

Thinking Persons Reality Power Stupid Supposed To Be Usual

Author:Jane Jacobs

“My mother used to say when we were children, 'When a boy gets a stick in his hand, his brains run out the other end of it.' Power is a stick in the hand, and I have never heard of anybody who wielded a very big stick of power whose brains did not run out the other end. As a nation, our brains are running out the other end of our power right now.”