The Lawless Roads Quotes

“So one always starts a journey in a strange land -- taking too many precautions, until one tires of the exertion and abandons care in the worst spot of all.”
― Graham Greene, The Lawless Roads

“The supporters of the proletarian revolution have staked their lives on a philosophy. It is the only reason they have for going on with the grim job of living. You cannot accept them to admit even to themselves that Russia has proved them wrong - or Mexico - without the comfort of a dramatic conversion to some other faith. Nobody can endure existence without a philosophy.”
― Graham Greene, The Lawless Roads

“The very old priest at the altar knelt and rose and raised God in his hands; what did it matter in the long run, anyway? God didn’t cease to exist when men lost their faith in Him; there were always catacombs where the secret rite could be kept alive till the bad times passed: during the Calles persecution God had lain in radio cabinets, behind bookshelves. He had been carried in a small boy’s pocket into prisons; He had been consumed in drawing-rooms and in garages. He had Eternity on His side.”
― Graham Greene, The Lawless Roads