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 and light and . . .More Graham Greene quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

I wrote at the start that this was a record of hate, and walking there beside Henry towards the evening glass of beer, I found the one prayer that seemed to serve the winter mood: O God, You've done enough, You've robbed me of enough, I'm too tired and old to learn to love, leave me alone forever.More Graham Greene quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

So much in writing depends on the superficiality of one's days.More Graham Greene quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Success is more dangerous than failure, the ripples break over a wider coastline.More Graham Greene quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Except for the sound of the rain, on the road, on the roofs, on the umbrella, there was absolute silence: only the dying moan of the sirens continued for a moment or two to vibrate within the ear. It seemed to Scobie later that this was the ultimate border he had reached in happiness: being in darkness, alone, with the rain falling, without love or pity.More Graham Greene quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]