A solitary laugh is often a laugh of superiority. Graham Greene laughsolitarysuperiority Change image and share on social
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
Nobody thinks in terms of human beings. Governments don't, why should we? They talk about people and the proletariat; I talk about the suckers and the mugs. It's the same thing. Graham Greene beinggovernmenthuman 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
In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock! Graham Greene brotherlyclockcuckoo Change image and share on social
Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm. Graham Greene belldumbharm Change image and share on social
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, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation. Graham Greene composeescapefear 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