Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch (1919-1999), in full Dame Iris Murdoch, original name in full Jean Iris Murdoch, married name Mrs. John O. Bayley, was an Irish writer, novelist, essayist and philosopher. She is known for exploring philosophic ideas in novels. Her works typically deal with nature of freedom and love, in which gothic elements are often incorporated. She is known for wit, imagination and comic inventiveness.

Wisdom & Quotes

• We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.

- quoted by Rachel Billington, interview in the Times, London, April 15, 1983

• We can only learn to love by loving.

- The Bell

• Love can't always do work. Sometimes it just has to look into darkness.

- The Nice and the Good

• Only lies and evil come from letting people off.

- A Severed Head

• To be a complete victim may be another source of power.

- The Unicorn

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