717 Quotes by Graham Greene

A brain is only capable of what it could conceive, andit couldnt concieve what it hasnt experienced

Never presume yours is a better morality.

He felt the loyalty we feel to unhappiness - the sense that is where we really belong.

So it always is: when you escape to a desert the silence shouts in your ear.

He was like a child with haemophilia: every contact drew blood.

I've caught belief like a disease. I've fallen into belief like I fell in love.

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully.

I wrote at the start that this was a record of hate, and walking there beside Henry towards the evening glass of beer, I found the one prayer that seemed to serve the winter mood: O God, You've done enough, You've robbed me of enough, I'm too tired and old to learn to love, leave me alone forever.

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.