Iris Murdoch Quote

There is a natural tribal hostility between the married and the unmarried. I cannot stand the shows so often quite instinctively put on by married people to insinuate that they are not only more fortunate but in some way more moral than you are.


The Black Prince (1973)


There is a natural tribal hostility between the married and the unmarried. I cannot stand the shows so often quite instinctively put on by married...

There is a natural tribal hostility between the married and the unmarried. I cannot stand the shows so often quite instinctively put on by married...

There is a natural tribal hostility between the married and the unmarried. I cannot stand the shows so often quite instinctively put on by married...

There is a natural tribal hostility between the married and the unmarried. I cannot stand the shows so often quite instinctively put on by married...