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Of course reading and thinking are important but, my God, food is important too.

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Iris Murdoch
Age: 79 †
Born: 1919
Born: July 15
Died: 1999
Died: February 8
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To be a complete victim may be another source of power.
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A letter is a barrier, a reprieve, a charm against the world, an almost infallible method of acting at a distance.
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We must live by the light of our own self-satisfaction, through that secret vital busy inwardness which is even more remarkable than our reason.
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Of course reading and thinking are important but, my God, food is important too. How fortunate we are to be food-consuming animals. Each meal should be a treat and one ought to bless every day which brings with it a good digestion and the precious gift of hunger.
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We defend ourselves by descriptions and tame the world by generalizing.
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Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.
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Time can divorce us from the reality of people, it can separate us from people and turn them into ghosts. Or rather it is we who turn them into ghosts or demons. Some kinds of fruitless preoccupations with the past can create such simulacra, and they can exercise power, like those heroes at Troy fighting for a phantom Helen.
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