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

Iris Murdoch

“Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.”

Iris Murdoch

“We can only learn to love by loving.”

Iris Murdoch

“Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.”

Iris Murdoch

“He felt neither guilt nor distress at the pleasure with which he was now filled by the proximity of this young creature, and when he discovered in himself even physical symptoms of his inclination he ...”

Iris Murdoch