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About Graham Greene
English writer and journalist
Graham Greene was an English writer and journalist. He lived in the 20th century and is widely regarded as one of the leading novelists of that era. He wrote across journalism and fiction, but it is as a novelist that he is best known. His work helped define 20th-century English literature, and he remains closely associated with that tradition.
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- “There is an old legend that somewhere in the world every man has his double.”Graham Greene
- “Nobody thinks in terms of human beings. Governments don't, why should we? They talk about people and the prol…”Graham Greene
- “Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim. It is, one is told, the unforgivable sin…”Graham Greene
- “Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive,…”Graham Greene
Explore Despair
- “I used to rush into strange dreams at night: dreams many-coloured, agitated, full of the ideal, the stirring,…”Charlotte Brontë
- “You see, there's some blues for folks ain't never had a thing, and that's a sad blues ... but the saddest kin…”Ken Grimwood
- “I had wanted to disappear, if only so the cancer could disappear with me. But the stars whispered that there…”Amy Harmon
Explore Animals
- “We hunger to understand, so we invent myths about how we imagine the world is constructed - and they're, of c…”Carl Sagan
- “The animals feel that this urgency is mutual. Their own suffering has made them aware of human suffering. Mor…”Linda Bender
- “I'm a vegetarian and very much active in regards to how I feel about animal rights and protecting animals and…”Abbie Cornish
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Books by Graham Greene
The Quiet American
1955
Brighton Rock
2000
The Power and the Glory
1991
The End of the Affair
1991
The heart of the matter
2013