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Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading 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 for the Nobel Prize in Literature several times. Through 67 years of writing, which included over 25 novels, he explored the conflicting moral and political issues of the modern world. He was awarded the 1968 Shakespeare Prize and the 1981 Jerusalem Prize. He converted to Catholicism in 1926 after meeting his future wife, Vivien Dayrell-Browning. Later in life he took to calling himself a "Catholic agnostic". He died in 1991, aged 86, of leukemia, and was buried in Corseaux cemetery in Switzerland. Early years (1904–1922)

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Notable quotes

“Have you seen a room from which faith has gone?...Like a marriage from which love has gone...And patience, patience everywhere like a fog.”
— The Potting Shed (1957)
“The world is not black and white. More like black and grey.”
— The Observer (London, January 2, 1983)
“There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.”
— Pt. I, ch. 1
“"God save us always," I said, "from the innocent and the good."”
— Pt. I, ch. 1, pg 15
“Childhood was the germ of all mistrust. You were cruelly joked upon and then you cruelly joked. You lost the remembrance of pain through inflicting it.”
— Pt. 1, ch. 3, sct. 3
“At the end of what is called the "sexual life" the only love which has lasted is the love which has everything, every disappointment, every failure and every betrayal, which has accepted even the sad fact that in the end there is no desire so deep as the simple desire for companionship.”
— May We Borrow Your Husband? (1967)

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Notable quotes

“Have you seen a room from which faith has gone?...Like a marriage from which love has gone...And patience, patience everywhere like a fog.”
— The Potting Shed (1957)
“The world is not black and white. More like black and grey.”
— The Observer (London, January 2, 1983)
“There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.”
— Pt. I, ch. 1
“"God save us always," I said, "from the innocent and the good."”
— Pt. I, ch. 1, pg 15
“Childhood was the germ of all mistrust. You were cruelly joked upon and then you cruelly joked. You lost the remembrance of pain through inflicting it.”
— Pt. 1, ch. 3, sct. 3
“At the end of what is called the "sexual life" the only love which has lasted is the love which has everything, every disappointment, every failure and every betrayal, which has accepted even the sad fact that in the end there is no desire so deep as the simple desire for companionship.”
— May We Borrow Your Husband? (1967)

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Overview

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).