Quote #75

Barbara wrote that his brain frightened her. It was sharp and clear and cruel. She admired him for being always unsentimental, but noted 'always remember to rely on yourself ... if you are in a sticky place he will be so interested in noting your reactions that he will probably forget to rescue you.'

More from Graham Greene

  1. Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melanch…
  2. When we are not sure, we are alive.
  3. We mustn't complain too much of being comedians - it's an honorable profession. If only we could be good ones the world might gain at least…
  4. Unhappiness in a child accumulates because he sees no end to the dark tunnel. The thirteen weeks of a term might just as well be thirteen y…
  5. They are always saying God loves us. If that's love I'd rather have a bit of kindness.
  6. Sentimentality - that's what we call the sentiment we don't share.
  7. Media is just a word that has come to mean bad journalism.
  8. If one is going to write about war, self respect demands that one.

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