Quotes by Murdoch, Iris

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until >>

We shall be better prepared for the future if we see how terrible, how >>

Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously. >>

Quotations about Literature

The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of ord >>

Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and writ >>

The thing that teases the mind over and over for years, and at last ge >>

Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions.

Murdoch, Iris