The quotations of

Graham Greene

British writer, playwright and literary critic

1904–1991

9 quotes.

When you visualized a man or woman carefully, you could always begin to feel pity⁠— that was a quality God’s image carried with it.
The Power and the Glory (1940)
- Emotion
- God
There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.
The Power and the Glory (1940), Pt. I, ch. 1
- Children
Cynicism is cheap⁠—you can buy it at any Monoprix store⁠—it’s built into all poor-quality goods.
The Comedians (1966), Pt. 1, ch. 1, sct. 3
- Clever Jabs
The trouble is I don’t believe my unbelief.
Remark (8 July 1987), reported in Leopoldo Durán, Graham Greene: An Intimate Portrait (1994), p. 97
- Faith
Heresy is only another word for freedom of thought.
“Freedom of Thought,” speech accepting the Jerusalem Prize (6 April 1981)
- Freedom
- Thinking
It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
The Ministry of Fear (1943), Bk. 1, ch. 3, sct. 2
- Life & Death
A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from journalists is that novelists are trying to write the truth and journalists are trying to write fiction.
Letter to critic Stephen Pile, The Sunday Times (London, 18 January 1981)
- Journalism
- Writing
The world is not black and white. More like black and grey.
The Observer (London, January 2, 1983)
- Good & Evil
Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and the simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt.
The Human Factor (1978), Pt. III, ch. 3 (1978)
- Enemies
- Intelligence

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