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."
"All art is a struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous."
"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."