Iris Murdoch Quotes

Iris Murdoch
Irish Author
Born: Jul 15, 1919
Died: Feb 8, 1999
Life Love Love Is Matter People Think
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We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality. Iris Murdoch
Life Truth Great Reality World Illusion Live Find Task Fantasy Fantasy World
Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self. Iris Murdoch
Happiness Matter Being Busy Busy Everyday Unconcerned Self Most Mode Being Ordinary Lively Consciousness
Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is. Iris Murdoch
Love Moving On Love Is Matter Out Someone Charming How Falling Chiefly Forgetting
No love is entirely without worth, even when the frivolous calls to the frivolous and the base to the base. Iris Murdoch
Love Love Is Worth Entirely No Love Calls Without Frivolous Even Base
Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck. Iris Murdoch
Writing Luck Married Oneself Never Like Until Amazed Commit Getting Getting Married Should
I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the same. Iris Murdoch
You Woman Important Nice Think Everyone Says Take Like Irish Same Being Place Second Second Place
In philosophy if you aren't moving at a snail's pace you aren't moving at all. Iris Murdoch
You Philosophy Snail Pace Moving
Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph. Iris Murdoch
Needs Man Women Men Every Thrilling Quiet Man Needs Every Man Two
Moralistic is not moral. And as for truth - well, it's like brown - it's not in the spectrum. Truth is so generic. Iris Murdoch
Truth Truth Is Moral Brown Moralistic Generic Like Well Spectrum

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