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We re all muddlers. The thing is to see is when one's got to stop muddling.

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Iris Murdoch
Age: 79 †
Born: 1919
Born: July 15
Died: 1999
Died: February 8
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Dublin city
Jean Iris Murdoch
Dame Iris Murdoch
Muddling
Disorder
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Thing

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Daytime sleep is a cursed slumber from which one wakes in despair.
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Art is not cozy and it is not mocked. Art tells the only truth that ultimately matters. It is the light by which human things can be mended. And after art there is, let me assure you all, nothing.
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we are such inward secret creatures, that inwardness the most amazing thing about us, even more amazing than our reason. but we cannot just walk into the cavern and look around. most of what we think we know about our minds is pseudo-knowledge. we are all such shocking poseurs, so good at inflating the importance of what we think we value.
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Remember that the secret of all learning is patience and that curiosity is not the same thing as a thirst for knowledge.
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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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One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats, and if some of these can be inexpensive and quickly procured so much the better.
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Bereavement is a darkness impenetrable to the imagination of the unbereaved
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The bottomless bitter misery of childhood: how little even now it is understood. Probably no adult misery can be compared with a child's despair.
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The sending of a letter constitutes a magical grasp upon the future.
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to be understood is not a human right. Even to understand oneself is not a human right.
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The cry of equality pulls everyone down.
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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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youth is a marvelous garment
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Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.
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Good writing is full of surprises and novelties, moving in a direction you don't expect.
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Those who hope, by retiring from the world, to earn a holiday from human frailty, in themselves and others, are usually disappointed.
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The sin of pride may be a small or a great thing in someone's life, and hurt vanity a passing pinprick, or a self-destroying or ever murderous obsession.
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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.
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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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They are universal places, like churches, hallowed meeting places of all mankind.
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