Graham Greene

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One can't love humanity. One can only love people.

Graham Greene

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Loving others

Author

Graham Greene

Source

The Ministry of Fear

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Greene, Graham. The Ministry of Fear. William Heinemann, 1943, bk. 3, ch. 2.

He felt the loyalty we all feel to unhappiness—the sense that that is where we really belong.

Graham Greene

The Heart of the Matter

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Topic

Unhappiness Melancholy Depression

Author

Graham Greene

Source

The Heart of the Matter

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1948 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Greene, Graham. The Heart of the Matter. William Heinemann/The Viking Press, 1948, bk. 2, pt. 2, sec. 1.

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

Graham Greene

The Power and the Glory

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Topic

Growing up Childhood

Author

Graham Greene

Source

The Power and the Glory

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Greene, Graham. The Power and the Glory. William Heineman, 1940, pt. 1, ch. 1.

Success is more dangerous than failure, (the ripples break over a wider coastline).

Graham Greene

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Success and failure Success Failure

Author

Graham Greene

Source

Ways of Escape

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Greene, Graham. Ways of Escape. The Bodley Head, 1980, ch. 8, sec. 3.

In human relations kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths.

Graham Greene

The Heart of the Matter

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Topic

Kindness White lies

Author

Graham Greene

Source

The Heart of the Matter

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1948 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Greene, Graham. The Heart of the Matter. William Heinemann/The Viking Press, 1948, bk. 1, pt. 1, ch. 2, sec. 4.

I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused.

Graham Greene

The Quiet American

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Topic

Justifications and rationales

Speaker

Alden Pyle

Author

Graham Greene

Source

The Quiet American

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Greene, Graham. The Quiet American. William Heinemann, 1955, ch. 4, sec. 2.

No human being can really understand another and no one can arrange another's happiness.

Graham Greene

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Existential solitude Empathy

Author

Graham Greene

Source

The Heart of the Matter

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1948 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Greene, Graham. The Heart of the Matter. William Heinemann/The Viking Press, 1948, bk. 1, pt. 3, ch. 1, sec. 1.