Quotes from book

The Sea, the Sea

“Of course reading and thinking are important but, my God, food is important too.”

Iris Murdoch book The Sea, the Sea

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“One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats, and if some of these can be inexpensive and quickly procured so much the better.”

Iris Murdoch book The Sea, the Sea

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“What I needed with all my starved and silent soul was just that particular way of shouting back at the world.”

Iris Murdoch book The Sea, the Sea

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“How different each death is, and yet it leads us into the self-same country, that country which we inhabit so rarely, where we see the worthlessness of what we have long pursued and will so soon return to pursuing.”

Iris Murdoch book The Sea, the Sea

Source: The Sea, the Sea

“emotions really exist at the bottom of the personality or at the top. in the middle they are acted. this is why all the world is a stage.”

Iris Murdoch book The Sea, the Sea

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“What a test that is: more than devotion, admiration, passion. If you long and long for someone’s company you love them.”

Iris Murdoch book The Sea, the Sea

Source: The Sea, the Sea