for most of us the space between 'dreaming on things to come' and 'it is too late, it is all over' is too tiny to enter.
Iris MurdochDogs are very different from cats in that they can be images of human virtue. They are like us.
Iris MurdochArt is not cozy and it is not mocked. Art tells the only truth that ultimately matters. It is the light by which human things can be mended. And after art there is, let me assure you all, nothing.
Iris MurdochThe notion that one can liberate another soul from captivity is an illusion of the very young.
Iris Murdoch