More from Graham Greene

  1. No danger anywhere, it seemed to Rollo Martins of that sudden reckless moment when the scent of hair or a hand against the side alters life.
  2. If we had not been taught how to interpret the story of the Passion, would we have been able to say from their actions alone whether it was…
  3. We never get accustomed to being less important to other people than they are to us - Martins felt the little jab of dispensability.
  4. I sat on my bed and I said to God: You've taken her, but you haven't got me yet. I know Your cunning. It's You who take us up to a high pla…
  5. The hands of the guilty don't necessarily tremble; only in stories does a dropped glass betray agitation. Tension is more often shown in th…
  6. A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment from which to look back or from which to look ahead.
  7. People don't like reality, they don't like common sense, until age forces it on them.
  8. To me comfort is like the wrong memory at the wrong place or time: if one is lonely one prefers discomfort.

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