Iris Murdoch Quotes

No love is entirely without worth, even when the frivolous calls to the frivolous and the base to the base.

Iris Murdoch

• Love
• For Him
• Base
• Entirely
• Frivolous

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• No love is entirely without worth, even when the frivolous calls to the frivolous and the base to the base.

  

  Iris Murdoch
  • Love
  • For Him
  • Base