Graham Greene Quotes


I could never have been a pacifist. To kill a man was surely to grant him an immeasurable benefit. Oh yes, people always, everywhere, loved their enemies. It was their friends they preserved for pain and vacuity.


Citations

Greene, Graham. The End of the Affair. William Heinemann, 1951.

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Graham Greene
Graham Greene
  • Born: October 2, 1904
  • Died: April 3, 1991
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Writer

Henry Graham Greene OM CH was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading English novelists of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquired a reputation early in his lifetime as a major writer, both of serious Catholic novels, and of thrillers (or "entertainments" as he termed them). He was shortlisted, in 1966 and 1967, for the Nobel Prize for Literature. Through 67 years of writing, which included over 25 novels, he explored the ambivalent moral and political issues of the modern world.