Yes, of course, there's something fishy about describing people's feelings. You try hard to be accurate, but as soon as you start to define such and such a feeling, language lets you down. It's really a machine for making falsehoods. When we really speak the truth, words are insufficient. Almost everything except things like "pass the gravy" is a lie of a sort. And that being the case, I shall shut up. Oh, and... pass the gravy.
Iris MurdochCoffee, unless it is very good and made by somebody else, is pretty intolerable at any time.
Iris MurdochOne should go easy on smashing other people's lies. Better to concentrate on one's own.
Iris Murdoch