“ He opened the book at random, or so he believed, but a book is like a sandy path which keeps the indent of footsteps. Graham Greene
“ But I'm a bad priest, you see. I know--from experience--how much beauty Satan carried down with him when he fell. Nobody ever said the fallen angels were the ugly ones. Oh, no, they were just as quick… Graham Greene
“ The truth, he thought, 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 tru… Graham Greene
“ There was a tacit understanding between them that 'liquor helped'; growing more miserable with every glass one hoped for the moment of relief. Graham Greene
“ Rocinante was of more value for a true traveller than a jet plane. Jet planes were for business men. Graham Greene
“ I said what do you mean by his country? A flag someone invented two hundred years ago? The Bench of Bishops arguing about divorce and the House of Commons shouting Ya at each other across the floor? O… Graham Greene
“ As one grows old I think one becomes more attached to family things- to houses and graves. Graham Greene
“ As they pedalled us down the long suburban road to the Chinese town a line of French armoured cars went by, each with its jutting gun and silent officer motionless like a figurehead under the stars an… Graham Greene
“ I doubt if ever one ceases to love, but one can cease to be in love as easily as one can outgrow an author one admired as a boy. Graham Greene
“ Cuando somos jóvenes somos una jungla de complicaciones. Nos simplificamos a medida que envejecemos. Graham Greene
“ It was not merely that his brother was dead. His brain, too young to realize the full paradox, wondered with an obscure self- pity why it was that the pulse of his brother's fear went on and on, when… Graham Greene
“ ... and for the first time he realized the pain inevitable in any human relationship - pain suffered and pain inflicted. How foolish we were to be afraid of loneliness. Graham Greene
“ He had thought that home was something one possessed, but the things one had possessed were cursed with change; it was what one didn't possess that remained the same and welcomed him. Graham Greene
“ He had received already a larger dose of life than he had bargained for, and he was scared. Graham Greene
“ There were occasions when Shakespeare was a very bad writer indeed. You can see how often in books of quotations. People who like quotations love meaningless generalizations. Graham Greene
