He had stylized himself--life was easier that way. He had chosen a physical mould just as writer chooses a technical form.
Graham GreeneThe truth has never been of any real value to any human being - it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.
Graham GreeneA story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.
Graham GreeneO God, You've done enough, You've robbed me of enough, I'm too tired and old to learn to love, leave me alone for ever.
Graham GreeneI could have waited years, now that I knew the end of the story. I was cold and wet and very happy. I could even look with charity towards the altar and the figure dangling there. She loves us both, I thought, but if there is to be a conflict between an image and a man, I know who will win. I could put my hand on her thigh or my mouth on her breast; he was imprisoned behind the altar and couldn't move to plead his cause.
Graham Greene