A letter is a barrier, a reprieve, a charm against the world, an almost infallible method of acting at a distance.
Iris Murdochany writer is inevitably going to work with his own anxieties and desires. If the book is any good it has got to have in it the fire of a personal unconscious mind.
Iris MurdochIn almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is set up and soon becomes inflexible, of one person always making the demands and one person always giving way.
Iris Murdoch