704 Quotes About Iris-murdoch

Ducane knew that Willy had looked forward to this visit. He knew too that the visit was rendering Willy unspeakably miserable.

In my experience a good row not only does not clear the air but can land you with a lifelong enemy.

I just hope — if he does come — it won't be some sort of horror show.

On this diet of expectation, he had fairly frenzied himself by the time he arrived.

He suffers terribly all the time. He lives in fire.

Sometimes I think he will become quite desperate — with the pain of simply being himself — he might do anything.

Look Moy, see the chimneys, they've lit all the fires, they must have known we were going to try to drown ourselves. And Anax is running on ahead to bring the news.

She thought, this is the end of happiness, darkness begins here.

And now in her deep heart an even sharper pain was stirring, a pain which would stay with her always.