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Iris Murdoch Quotes
«People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.»
«Every man needs two women, a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.»
Author: Iris Murdoch
(Novelist, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
maker, nymph, nymphs, The Thrills, thrilling, Two Women
«There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.»
Author: Iris Murdoch
(Novelist, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
granted, substitute, supplied, taken for granted, utterly
«Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world with new eyes.»
Author: Iris Murdoch
(Novelist, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
enlightening, falling out, fall short, fall short of, Out of Love
«The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life's major mysteries.»
Author: Iris Murdoch
(Novelist, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
absolute, human body, indifference, major, mysteries, particular, substitutes, The Absolute, yearning, yearnings
«Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self.»
Author: Iris Murdoch
(Novelist, Philosopher)
| About:
Happiness
| Keywords:
busy, consciousness, everyday, livelier, lively, mode, unconcerned
«Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.»
Author: Iris Murdoch
(Novelist, Philosopher)
| About:
Luck,
Writing
| Keywords:
amazed, amazes, by luck, commit, luck, luck into, luck it, married, oneself, The Amazing