717 Quotes by Graham Greene

This (Vietnam) was a land of rebellious barons. It was like Europe in the Middle Ages. But what were the Americans doing here? Columbus had not yet discovered their country.

Men can become twins with age. The past was their common womb; the six months of rain and the six months of sun was the period of their common gestation. They needed only a few words and a few gestures to convey their meaning. They had graduated through the same fevers, they were moved by the same love and contempt.

They think my mother's ashes are marijuana.

They are always saying God loves us. If thats love Id rather have a bit of kindness.

I had committed myself: without love I'd have to go through the gestures of love.

One gets started, and then, suddenly, one cannot remember what toothpaste they use . . . the moment comes when a character does or says something you hadn't thought about. At that moment he's alive and you leave it to him.

Indifference and pride look very much alike, and he probably thought I was proud.

Who knows whether there may not be a moment in childhood when the world changes forever, like making a face when the clock strikes?

She mixes religion with desertion to make it sound noble.