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 years. Graham Greene accumulatechilddark Change image and share on social
He felt the loyalty we feel to unhappiness - the sense that is where we really belong. Graham Greene belongfeelfelt Change image and share on social
The economy of a novelist is a little like that of a careful housewife who is unwilling to throw away anything that might perhaps serve its turn. Graham Greene carefuleconomyhousewife Change image and share on social
They are always saying God loves us. If that's love I'd rather have a bit of kindness. Graham Greene bitegodkindness Change image and share on social
In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, they had 500 years of democracy and peace - and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. Graham Greene bloodshedborgiabrotherly share on social
The moment comes when a character does or says something you hadn't thought about. At that moment he's alive and you leave it to him. Graham Greene alivecharacterleave Change image and share on social
A movie is not a book. If the source material is a book, you cannot be too respectful of the book. All you owe to the book is the spirit. Graham Greene bookmaterialmovie Change image and share on social
I have often noticed that a bribe has that effect - it changes a relation. The man who offers a bribe gives away a little of his own importance; the bribe once accepted, he becomes the inferior, like a man who has paid for a woman. Graham Greene acceptbribeeffect share on social
We are all of us resigned to death: it's life we aren't resigned to. Graham Greene deathliferesign Change image and share on social
Heresy is another word for freedom of thought. Graham Greene freedomheresythink Change image and share on social