Quotes by Iris Murdoch Iris Murdoch 6 quotes Love is the extremely difficult realisation that something other than oneself is real. | #946 | | Save it ? 0 ⤫ We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality. | #947 | | Save it ? 0 ⤫ We can only learn to love by loving. | #948 | | Save it ? 0 ⤫ Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph. | #949 | | Save it ? 0 ⤫ I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the same. | #950 | | Save it ? 0 ⤫ The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life's major mysteries. | #951 | | Save it ? 0