"We can only learn to love by loving."

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Source : Iris Murdoch (2001). “The Bell”, p.193, Penguin

Iris Murdoch

#Love Quotes #True Love Quotes #Famous Love Quotes

“Many aspects of our screen-bound lives are bad for our social skills simply because we get accustomed to controlling the information that comes in, managing our relationships electronically, deleting stuff that doesn't interest us. We edit the world; we select from menus; we pick and choose; our social 'group' focuses on us and disintegrates without us. This makes it rather confusing for us when we step outdoors and discover that other people's behaviour can't be deleted with a simple one-stroke command or dragged to the trash icon.”
“If anybody here has trouble with the concept of design humility, reflect on this: It took us 5,000 years to put wheels on our luggage.”
“Iran? Number 1! Russia? Number 1! USA? Hacktui!”
“We don't seek the painful experiences that hew our identities, but we seek our identities in the wake of painful experiences.”

Source : "How Do Our Worst Moments Shape Us?". "TED Radio Hour" with Guy Raz, andrewsolomon.com. August 01, 2014.
“My life burned inside me. Even such as it was, it was the only record of me, and it was my only creation, and something in me would not accept that it was insignificant.”
“Lucas went even paler. â€œThen youâ€™re on the track to suicide,â€ he whispered. â€œTake my advice, Valentine. Run. Run as fast as you can, for as long as you can. Steal whatever bit of life you can. Youâ€™re already dead.”
“I realized early on in writing the book that it needed to be from a family point of view, and that nobody outside the family would weigh in. And then well into writing it, the question became how to balance the perspectives; how to switch between chapters.”
“The flower of kindness will grow. Maybe not now, but it will some day. And in kind that kindness will flow, for kindness grows in this way.”

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