I had committed myself: without love I'd have to go through the gestures of love. Graham Greene More Quotes by Graham Greene More Quotes From Graham Greene As long as one suffers one lives. Graham Greene suffering long Insecurity twists meanings and poisons trust. In a closely beleaguered city every sentry is a potential traitor. Graham Greene insecurity trust cities Lies had deserted me, and I felt as lonely as though they had been my only friends. Graham Greene deserted lonely lying I refused to believe that love could take any other form than mine: I measured love by the extent of my jealousy, and by that standard of course she could not love me at all. Graham Greene standards form believe Life would go out in a 'fraction of a second' (that was the phrase), but all night he had been realizing that time depends on clocks and the passage of light. There were no clocks and the light wouldn't change. Nobody really knew how long a second of pain could be. It might last a whole purgatory--or for ever. Graham Greene pain light night The next best thing to talking to her is talking about her. Graham Greene best-things next talking How strange too and unfamiliar to think that one had been loved, that one's presence had once had the power to make a difference between happiness and dullness in another's day. Graham Greene making-a-difference differences thinking If two people loved, they slept together; it was a mathematical formula, tested and proved by human experience. Graham Greene together two people At one with the One, it didn't mean a thing besides a glass of Guinness on a sunny day. Graham Greene glasses life mean The world was in her heart already, like the small spot of decay in a fruit. Graham Greene decay fruit heart God created a number of possibilities in case some of his prototypes failed - that is the meaning of evolution. Graham Greene evolution god numbers Communism, my friend, is more than Marxism, just as Catholicism is more than the Roman Curia. There is a mystique as well as a politick. Catholics and Communists have committed great crimes, but at least they have not stood aside, like an established society, and been indifferent. I would rather have blood on my hands than water like Pilate. Graham Greene water hands blood I know one thing you don't. I know the difference between Right and Wrong. They didn't teach you that at school.' Rose didn't answer; the woman was quite right: the two words meant nothing to her. Their taste was extinguished by stronger foods--Good and Evil. Graham Greene differences two school He had stylized himself--life was easier that way. He had chosen a physical mould just as writer chooses a technical form. Graham Greene easier form way Cynicism is cheap - you can buy it at any Monoprix store - it's built into all poor-quality goods. Graham Greene poor-quality quality-goods cynicism I had very good dentures once. Some magnificent gold work. It's the only form of jewelry a man can wear that women fully appreciate. Graham Greene dental-work appreciate men Those who marry God can become domesticated too - it's just as hum-drum a marriage as all the others. The word Love means a formal touch of the lips as in the ceremony of the Mass, and Ave Maria like dearest is a phrase to open a letter. This marriage like the world's marriages was held together by habits and tastes shared in common between God and themselves - it was God's taste to be worshipped and their taste to worship, but only at stated hours like a suburban embrace on a Saturday night. Graham Greene love night mean And when we love our sin then we are damned indeed. Graham Greene sin We mustn't complain too much of being comedians - it's an honorable profession. If only we could be good ones the world might gain at least a sense of style. We have failed - that's all. We are bad comedians, we aren't bad men. Graham Greene comedian style men It is the same in life: sometimes it is more difficult to make a scene than to die. Graham Greene difficult scene sometimes
