704 Quotes About Iris-murdoch

She could not bear the tenderness which a dog would evoke, she did not want the pain of another love. She knew how very much, how desperately, she would love her dog; and dogs are vulnerable and short-lived and die.

You are sad.""I am always sad.

It's not even like memory. It's all just there.""All the time, Willy?""Every hour, every minute.

I must admit that I am in a state of utter wretchedness and have been for a long time. I didn't know that such extreme unhappiness could continue for so long.

He felt irritably dissatisfied with himself. Then his old huge familiar misery gradually returned like an old friend.

I touched the Waterford glass with my finger: and in its ring I heard the echo of a voice saying You do not really want your wife back after all. I answered the voice in my heart: a bond of this kind is deeper and stronger than wanting or not wanting. Wherever I am in the world and whenever I am I shall always be Antonia.

Don't tease me. Everything wounds me now except perfect kindness.

In faith I know not why I am so sad."Ludens did not reply to this remark which Gildas often uttered.

Marriage is brainwashing. Not necessarily a bad thing. Your brain could do with a wash.