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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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- “A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or…”Graham Greene
- “I can never think of you as a friend. You can do without a friend.”Graham Greene
Explore Democracy
- “There's this proud American tradition of worrying about the power of communication companies. That going all…”Franklin Foer
- “Forcing some countries to accept democracy is something that should not be done.”Mahathir Mohamad
- “If you elect a religious party into power, you no longer have a democracy.”Maysoon Zayid
Explore God
- “The terrible, diabolic thing with this disease is that you are always looking behind your shoulder every coup…”Joe Eszterhas
- “Dysfunction comes when we intertwine the church and God and view them as one.”Randy Elrod
- “- I didn't seduce her! OK, I didn't know exactly what I was doing. It seemed like fun and then... well, THAT…”Momchil Yoskov
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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