Graham Greene Quotes about Literature

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Reality in our century is not something to be faced.

Reality in our century is not something to be faced.

Graham Greene

Reality, Literature, Century

Graham Greene (1970). “The Collected Edition: Our man in Havana”

If you have abandoned one faith, do not abandon all faith. There is always an alternative to the faith we lose. Or is it the same faith under another mask?

Graham Greene

Alternatives, Literature, Mask

Graham Greene (1966). “The Comedians”

The economy of a novelist is a little like that of a careful housewife who is unwilling to throw away anything that might perhaps serve its turn.

Graham Greene

Writing, Novelists, Literature

Graham Greene (1994). “In Search of a Character: Two African Journals”, Penguin USA

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

Graham Greene

Dumb, Would Be, Literature

'The Quiet American' (1955) pt. 1, ch. 3

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

Graham Greene

Dumb, Literature, World

'The Quiet American' (1955) pt. 1, ch. 3

They are always saying God loves us. If thats love Id rather have a bit of kindness.

Graham Greene

Kindness, Literature, God Love

Graham Greene (1988). “The Captain and the Enemy”

He felt the loyalty we feel to unhappiness - the sense that is where we really belong.

Graham Greene

Happiness, Loyalty, Literature

Graham Greene (1973). “The Portable Graham Greene”

Thrillers are like life, more like life than you are.

Graham Greene

Literature, Thrillers

Graham Greene (1973). “The Collected Edition: The ministry of fear”

I have often noticed that a bribe has that effect - it changes a relation. The man who offers a bribe gives away a little of his own importance; the bribe once accepted, he becomes the inferior, like a man who has paid for a woman.

Graham Greene

Men, Giving, Literature

Graham Greene (1966). “The Comedians”