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I find the public passion for justice quite boring and artificial.


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My imagination functions much better when I don't have to speak to people.



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Everything human is alien to me.



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Life is a long failure of understanding ... a long, mistaken shutting of the heart.



Each book is, in a sense, an argument with myself, and I would write it, whether it is ever published or not.

Each book is, in a sense, an argument with myself, and I would write it, whether it is ever published or not.



One situation – maybe one alone – could drive me to murder: family life, togetherness.

One situation – maybe one alone – could drive me to murder: family life, togetherness.



And no book, and possibly no painting, when it is finished, is ever exactly like the first dream of it.

And no book, and possibly no painting, when it is finished, is ever exactly like the first dream of it.



I have Graham Greene's telephone number, but I wouldn't dream of using it. I don't seek out writers because we all want to be alone.

I have Graham Greene's telephone number, but I wouldn't dream of using it. I don't seek out writers because we all want to be alone.



How easy it was to lie when one had to lie!

How easy it was to lie when one had to lie!



For neither life nor nature cares if justice is ever done or not.

For neither life nor nature cares if justice is ever done or not.



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It always gets late with you. - Is that a compliment?





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