More quotes by Iris Murdoch

"Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real."
"We can only learn to love by loving."
"Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck."
"Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck."
"Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods."