Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing more difficult than understanding him.
Graham Greene – Travels with My Aunt
Empathy
E
Acting vs Reality
A
Actors are the opposite of people.
Graham Greene – Travels with My Aunt
Loneliness
L
If one’s different, one’s bound to be lonely.
Graham Greene – Travels with My Aunt
Seasons of Life
S
At the best of times, spring is an indifferent season.
Graham Greene – Travels with My Aunt
Self-Creation
S
Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
Graham Greene – Travels with My Aunt
Wisdom of Age
W
Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.
Graham Greene – Travels with My Aunt
Mortality
M
All news is the record of the death of man – though sometimes he has a very long time dying.
Graham Greene – Travels with My Aunt
Mortality Awareness
M
Death should take me while I am in the mood.
Graham Greene – Travels with My Aunt
Reality Avoidance
R
Reality in our century is not something to be faced.
Graham Greene – Travels with My Aunt
Affectation
A
The only source of the true Ridiculous (as it appears to me) is affectation.
Henry Fielding – Tom Jones