Graham Greene
Graham Greene
Henry Graham Greene OM CH, better known by his pen name Graham Greene, was an English novelist and author regarded by some as one of the great writers of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquired a reputation early in his lifetime as a major writer, both of serious Catholic novels, and of thrillers. He was shortlisted, in 1967, for the Nobel Prize for Literature. Through 67 years of writings, which included over 25 novels, he...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth2 October 1904
I say that home is where there is a chair and a glass.
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.
Sweet are the thoughts that savor of content: the quiet mind is richer than a crown.
A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.
There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.
Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt
Hate is a lack of imagination.
I measured love by the extent of my jealousy.
There are times when a lover longs to be also a father and a brother: he is jealous of the years he hasn't shared.
There are times when a lover longs to be also a father and a brother: he is jealous of the years he hasn't shared.
Hatred seems to work on the same glands as love: it even produces the same actions. If we had not been taught how to interpret the story of the Passion, would we have been able to say from their actions alone whether it was the jealous Judas or the cowardly Peter who loved Christ?
Hatred seems to work on the same glands as love: it even produces the same actions. If we had not been taught how to interpret the story of the Passion, would we have been able to say from their actions alone whether it was the jealous Judas or the cowardly Peter who loved Christ?
Sooner or later...one has to take sides. If one is to remain human.
God save us always,' I said 'from the innocent and the good.