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There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.
Iris Murdoch

Biography

Author Profession: Author
Nationality: Irish
Born: July 15, 1919
Died: February 8, 1999

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We can only learn to love by loving.
Iris Murdoch

Anything that consoles is fake.
Iris Murdoch

Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.
Iris Murdoch

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.
Iris Murdoch

Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.
Iris Murdoch

The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life's major mysteries.
Iris Murdoch

Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.
Iris Murdoch

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Comfort, Relationship, Substitute, Supplied, Taken-For-Granted, Utterly

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Comfort, Relationship, Substitute, Supplied, Utterly