1,162 Quotes by Iris Murdoch

I mean he's honest, he sees the terrible things, he doesn't try to cover them up or imagine them away — the evil of the world, the senselessness of it all, the rottenness of us ordinary people, our fantasy life, our selfishness —

If Buddhists think evil is unreal they must be mad! Thinking evil is unreal is holding hands with evil under the table!

I wonder if it's harder to be good in this age?

Artists are indeed unlikely to be good, goodness would silence them.

Shall I come too?" said Francis. "I might be useful. After all, I am still a doctor in the eyes of God.

It was a voyage into the absurd.

She was not just a wild creature, she was a wounded creature.

Mary held her heart, contracted into a point of agony.

His heart ached in such a familiar way, and the very familiarity of it pained him.