Author of quotes: Iris Murdoch. Page 1

... Hatred is itself a dangerous kind of madness.

Some types of obsession, including falling in love, paralyze the normal functioning of the brain, its natural interest in the outside world, which is sometimes called rational thinking.

... Every action, however insignificant, has its consequences and may be the point from which the roads diverge in opposite directions.

To create a relationship, it is not enough to want this and stop someone from choosing.

... Fear is ultimately a habit.

When you feel that you are full to the brim with your life and completely, without a trace, do not belong to yourself, this also gives rise to a feeling of freedom.

... Love strives for its own goals, seeks out, or even invents its own charms.

Time can tear us away from reality. It can separate us from humans and turn them into ghosts. Rather, it is we who turn them into ghosts or demons.

In everyday affairs, humble common sense comes to the aid of a person. For most people, it replaces the moral sense.

Maybe her marriage was not happy, but it lasted a long time. You think too much about happiness, Charles. And it doesn't really matter.

Tears in old age are not like young tears.

- And I seem to believe in Jesus Christ. You have to believe in something, hold on to something. Without God, people would go crazy, wouldn't they?

Falling in love is also a kind of slavery, stupidity, as you might think, is just insanity. You turn another person into a god. It can't be good. <…> True love is a free and normal feeling.

As it seems important - to prolong your own life to reveal yourself to someone, to justify yourself, to go through the memory of previous hobbies.