11 Quotes by Iris Murdoch about Memory


  • Author Iris Murdoch
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    Of course we live in dreams and by dreams, and even in a disciplined spiritual life, in some ways especially there, it is hard to distinguish dream from reality. In ordinary human affairs humble common sense comes to one's aid. For most people common sense is moral sense. But you seem to have deliberately excluded this modest source of light. Ask yourself, what really happened between whom all those years ago? You've made it into a story, and stories are false.

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  • Author Iris Murdoch
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    Decide what you want and go for it, Fred, it's just a matter of will power!" I remember you saying that to me more than once.'I did not recall saying this nor did it sound like anything which anyone would say more than once, assuming he had ever had the misfortune to say it at all, but I was glad that Freddie had such rosy memories.

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