A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.
~ Iris Murdoch
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A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.
~ Iris Murdoch
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The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.
~ Iris Murdoch
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Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wave-length of ours all they hear is a continuous scream.
~ Iris Murdoch
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I daresay anything can be made holy by being sincerely worshipped.
~ Iris Murdoch
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The cry of equality pulls everyone down.
~ Iris Murdoch
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Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.
~ Iris Murdoch
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Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.
~ Iris Murdoch
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The sin of pride may be a small or a great thing in someone’s life, and hurt vanity a passing pinprick or a self-destroying or even murderous obsession.
~ Iris Murdoch
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