Author: Iris Murdoch

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There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.

There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.

- Iris Murdoch

Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.

Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.

- Iris Murdoch

No love is entirely without worth, even when the frivolous calls to the frivolous and the base to the base.

No love is entirely without worth, even when the frivolous calls to the frivolous and the base to the base.

- Iris Murdoch

Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.

Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.

- Iris Murdoch

Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.

Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.

- Iris Murdoch

Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating!

Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating!

- Iris Murdoch

Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

- Iris Murdoch

Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world with new eyes.

Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world with new eyes.

- Iris Murdoch

Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.

Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.

- Iris Murdoch

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