Usa Klein

“One forgets so quickly one’s own youth…”
― Graham Greene, The Quiet American

“I wish sometimes you had a few bad motives, you might understand a little more about human beings.”
― Graham Greene, The Quiet American

“Sooner or later...one has to take sides. If one is to remain human.”
― Graham Greene, The Quiet American

“That was my first instinct -- to protect him. It never occurred to me that there was a greater need to protect myself. Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.”
― Graham Greene, The Quiet American