“Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.”
— Iris Murdoch
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We can only learn to love by
“We can only learn to love by loving.”
— Iris Murdoch
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Category: love
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In almost every marriage there is a
“In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is set up and soon becomes inflexible, of one person always making the demands and one person always giving way.”
— Iris Murdoch
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Category: marriage
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We shall be better prepared for the
“We shall be better prepared for the future if we see how terrible, how doomed the present is.”
— Iris Murdoch
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Category: future
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The priesthood is a marriage. People often
“The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go on for years without realizing that love must change into some other love which is so unlike it that it can hardly be recognized as love at all.”
— Iris Murdoch
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Category: marriage
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There is no substitute for the comfort
“There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.”
— Iris Murdoch
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Category: relationship
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The cry of equality pulls everyone down.
“The cry of equality pulls everyone down.”
— Iris Murdoch
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People from a planet without flowers would
“People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.”
— Iris Murdoch
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Category: nature
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Falling out of love is chiefly a
“Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.”
— Iris Murdoch
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Category: love
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