Author: Iris Murdoch

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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

People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.

People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.

- Iris Murdoch

We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.

We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.

- 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

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

Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.

Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.

- 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

We can only learn to love by loving.

We can only learn to love by loving.

- 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

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