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He felt, in a way so familiar as to be almost dreary, the chosen victim of the gods, the self-admitted traitor, the one destined for judgment.

He felt, in a way so familiar as to be almost dreary, the chosen victim of the gods, the self-admitted traitor, the one destined for judgment.
– Iris Murdoch

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  3. A -˜caring’ judgment is still a judgment. And any form of judgment creates blocks and stagnation. – Alaric Hutchinson
  4. Mercifully one forgets one’s love affairs as one forgets one’s dreams. – Iris Murdoch
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  9. People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us. – Iris Murdoch
  10. Bereavement is a darkness impenetrable to the imagination of the unbereaved – Iris Murdoch
  11. Bereavement is a darkness impenetrable to the imagination of the unbereaved – Iris Murdoch
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  16. Violence is born of the desire to escape oneself. – Iris Murdoch
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  18. But it was just luck really if the girls survived. You’re like a man firing a machine gun into a supermarket who happens not to become a murderer. – Iris Murdoch
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  21. This sell something familiar, make it surprising. To sell something surprising, make it familiar. – Derek Thompson
  22. To sell something familiar, make it surprising. To sell something surprising, make it familiar. – Derek Thompson
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  25. The suicide passes a judgment. Society does not care to examine the judgment, but in defense of itself as is, condemns the suicide. – Robert E Neale
  26. Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment. – Rita Mae Brown
  27. Good judgment comes from experience, and experience – well, that comes from poor judgment. – AA Milne
  28. Good judgment comes from bad experience. Unfortunately, most of that comes from bad judgment.- Tara Daniels – – Jill Shalvis
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  30. Good judgment comes by way of experience, which comes of bad judgment. – Wolf Pascoe
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