Iris Murdoch Quotes - Famous Quotes by Iris Murdoch
Born: 1919-07-15
Died: 1999-02-08
Iris Murdoch Biography
A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.
- Iris Murdoch
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A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the faade of his appearance.
- Jean Iris Murdoch
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Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world with new eyes.
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Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.
- Iris Murdoch
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Love is the extremely difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.
- Iris Murdoch
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One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats.
- Iris Murdoch
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People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.
- Iris Murdoch
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The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life's major mysteries.
- Jean Iris Murdoch
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The cry of equality pulls everyone down.
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We can only learn to love by loving.
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