Every man needs two women, a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph. Iris Murdoch

Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is. Iris Murdoch

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

Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real. Iris Murdoch

We can only learn to love by loving. Iris Murdoch

Falling out of love is very enlightening, for a short while you see the world with new eyes. Iris Murdoch