Joyce Cary quotes

I look upon life as a gift from God. I did nothing to earn it. Now that the time is coming to give it back, I have no right to complain. (Joyce Cary)
Love doesn't grow on trees like apples in Eden - it's something you have to make. And you must use your imagination too. View quote
Joyce Cary
To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius. And easier. Because it's true. It's a new world every heart beat. View quote
Joyce Cary
To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius. View quote
Joyce Cary
The will is never free - it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car - it can't steer. View quote
Joyce Cary
It is a tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn't know - the less a man knows, the more sure it is that he knows everything. View quote
Joyce Cary
For good and evil, man is a free creative spirit. This produces the very queer world we live in, a world in continuous creation and therefore continuous change and insecurity. View quote
Joyce Cary
God is a character, a real and consistent being, or He is nothing. If God did a miracle He would deny His own nature and the universe would simply blow up, vanish, become nothing. View quote
Joyce Cary
A novel should be an experience and convey an emotional truth rather than arguments. View quote
Joyce Cary
Others complain that I don't make the fundamental idea plain enough. This is every writer's dilemma. Your form is your meaning, and your meaning dictates the form. But what you try to convey is reality-the fact plus the feeling, a total complex experience of a real world. If you make your scheme too explicit, the framework shows and the book dies. If you hide it too thoroughly, the book has no meaning and therefore no form. It is a mess. View quote
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Religion is organized to satisfy and guide the soul - politics does the same thing for the body. (Joyce Cary)
Remember I'm an artist. And you know what that means in a court of law. Next worst to an actress. View quote
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The only good government... Is a bad one in a hell of a fright. View quote
Joyce Cary

Joyce Cary

Occupation: Irish Novelist
Born: December 7, 1888
Died: March 29, 1957
Quotes count: 13

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