Talk:Iris Murdoch

There was is a famous quote of hers about Americans and Shakespeare. Does anyone have it at hand? It's often recited in Russia. That's what she's known about for here.79.216.235.8 15:00, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

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 * Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.


 * Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world with new eyes.


 * Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously.


 * The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go on for years without realizing that love must change into some other love which is so unlike it that it can hardly be recognized as love at all.


 * The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart. (The Red and the Green, page 29 )