Failure too is a form of death.
Meaning of the quote
Failure can feel like the end of everything, just like death. When we fail at something, it can make us feel like our dreams are dead and that we'll never be able to try again. But failure is actually a normal part of life - it's how we learn and grow. Even the most successful people have failed before, but they didn't let it stop them. Failure is a chance to try a new way and become even stronger.
About Graham Greene
Graham Greene was an acclaimed English writer and journalist known for his serious Catholic novels and popular thrillers. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature several times and won prestigious awards for his works like The Power and the Glory and The Heart of the Matter. Greene’s stories have been widely adapted for film, and he collaborated with director Carol Reed on classics like The Fallen Idol and The Third Man.
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British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)
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British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)
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He felt the loyalty we feel to unhappiness – the sense that is where we really belong.
British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)
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British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)
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British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)
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British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)
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British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)
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British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)
Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either egotism, selfishness, evil – or else an absolute ignorance.
British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)
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British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)
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British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)
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British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)
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British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)
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British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)
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British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)
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British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)
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British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)
There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.
British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)
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British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)
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British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)
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British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)
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British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)
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British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)
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British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)
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British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)
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British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)
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British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)
Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.
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Media is just a word that has come to mean bad journalism.
British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)
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British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)
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British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)
Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation.
British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904-1991)