When you visualized a man or a woman carefully, you could always begin to feel pity . . . that was a quality God's image carried with it . . . when you saw the lines at the corners of the eyes, the shape of the mouth, how the hair grew, it was impossible to hate. Hate was just a failure of imagination. β¨ Graham Greene (1971). The Power and the Glory, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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- Of two hearts one is always warm and one is always cold: the cold heart is more precious than diamonds: the warm heart has no value and is thrown away. β¨ Graham Greene (1948). The Heart of the Matter
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- All the emotions have something in common. People are quite aware of the sorrow there always is in lust, but they are not so aware of the lust there is in sorrow. β¨ Graham Greene (1998). The Tenth Ma β¦ βΆ
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- The next best thing to talking to her is talking about her. β¨ Graham Greene (1974). The end of the affair, Vintage
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