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Iris Murdoch

"I think the novel is essentially a comic form (tragedy is for the theatre), not meaning by that full of jokes, but that it is about the absurd detail of human life, the way in which one cannot fully understand what is happening. Life is muddle and jumble and ends inconclusively, and when this is presented with great comic art the sorrows of human life can be truthfully conveyed; one is moved by the spectacle, and feels that something truthful has been told in a magic way."

-- Iris Murdoch

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“The answer to the big questions in running is the same as the answer to the big questions in life: Do the best with what you've got.”
“But everything written has style. The list of ingredients on the side of a cornflakes box has style. And everything literary has literary style. And style is integral to a work. How something is told correlates with - more - makes what's being told. A story is its style.”
“It has been said that the sin of ingratitude is more serious than the sin of revenge. With revenge, we return evil for evil, but with ingratitude, we return evil for good.”
“My girlfriends are my life, but I'm also one of those girls who can hang out with the guys.”
“Her little fists pummeled at him, and he accepted the abuse. Until he realized sheâ€™d made an improper fist and was actually hurting herself. He wound an arm around her waist, spun her and slammed her into the hard line of his body to still her. â€œLet me go!â€ â€œIn a minute.â€ As she struggled, he pulled her thumb out from beneath her fingers and rearranged her fist. â€œHit like this.â€ Done, he released her.”
“In 2004, I went to Israel and gave a speech that resulted in guns and ammunition being given to the South Sudanese rebels, specifically Commanders Athol's and Yaka's armies.”
“Sleeping with forgiveness in your heart for me.”
“I will have failed in this if in five years there are not many more people using public transport and far fewer journeys by car. It is a tall order but I want you to hold me to it.”

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