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Graham Greene

Brighton Rock

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    He said gently, ‘Corruptio optimi est pessima.’

    ‘Yes, father?’

    ‘I mean - a
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    Catholic is more capable of evil than anyone.
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    It’s a strange world, there’s more things in heaven and earth , . .
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    he thought of the words in the Mass - ‘He was in the world and the world was made by Him and the world knew Him not. ’
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    He had a sense of huge havoc - the confession, the penance and the sacrament - and awful distraction
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    A brain was only capable of what it could conceive, and it couldn’t conceive what it had never experienced
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    She felt responsibility move in her breasts; she wouldn’t let him go into that darkness alone.
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    No money can heal a mind diseased. This is Hell nor are we out of it.
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    Mr Prewitt said, ‘You know what Mephistopheles said to Faustus when he asked where Hell was? He said, “Why, this is Hell, nor are we out of it”.’ The Boy watched him with fascination and fear.
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    Mr Prewitt quoted. The house shook as a heavy engine pulled out. ‘Polonius/ Mr Prewitt explained.

    ‘ Polony ? What polony ? ’

    ‘No, no,’ Mr Prewitt said. ‘The rank intruding fool, I mean. In Hamlet. ’
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