The truth has never been of any real value to any human being – it is a symbol for mathematicians and philosophers to pursue. In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths. Graham Greene Read Quote
There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in. Graham Greene Read Quote
My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane. Graham Greene Read Quote
It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself. Graham Greene Read Quote
Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation. Graham Greene Read Quote
He felt the loyalty we feel to unhappiness – the sense that is where we really belong. Graham Greene Read Quote
In Italy, for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, they had 500 years of democracy and peace – and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. Graham Greene Read Quote
