61 Quotes by Iris Murdoch about Dialogue
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Christ, I loathe women. But I can't get going on the other tack either. And you needn't blush and look coy, I never fancied you. I know what you got up to with Fritzie Eitel! No—but I'd have had old Wilfred if he'd asked me. What did old Wilfred do for sex? No one ever knew. Perhaps he didn't have any, and if so good on him.
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I am not a very nice character. You must get to know me some time.
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Actually," said Gildas, "every marriage is an irreversible mistake. That's the secret which they all keep.
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You are sad.""I am always sad.
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It's not even like memory. It's all just there.""All the time, Willy?""Every hour, every minute.
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In faith I know not why I am so sad."Ludens did not reply to this remark which Gildas often uttered.
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Marriage is brainwashing. Not necessarily a bad thing. Your brain could do with a wash.
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I would like to send you to hell.""My dear, I live in hell, and have done so since I was a small child.""Since I regained my mind I have thought, and dreamt too, of nothing but of killing you.""You can do it any time, if you don't mind going to prison.
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You don't know what it is to want a man, any man. I wish I could discover some respectable male prostitutes, like civil servants or university dons who do it in their spare time for a bit of pocket money, there must be such people.
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