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Most real relationships are involuntary.

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Iris Murdoch
Age: 79 †
Born: 1919
Born: July 15
Died: 1999
Died: February 8
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Novelist
Philosopher
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Dublin city
Jean Iris Murdoch
Dame Iris Murdoch
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for most of us the space between 'dreaming on things to come' and 'it is too late, it is all over' is too tiny to enter.
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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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I see myself as Rhoda, not Mary Tyler Moore.
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Real misery cuts off all paths to itself.
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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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A middling talent makes for a more serene life.
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Dogs are very different from cats in that they can be images of human virtue. They are like us.
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Probably no adult misery can be compared with a child's despair.
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