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Brighton Rock
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"Brighton Rock" Quotes

A young gangster's dark deeds catch up with him in the seaside town of Brighton.

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You can't conceive, my child, nor can I or anyone the … cruelty and … compassion of a time when the difference between the living and the dead was only a crowd.

Graham Greene

You mustn't be any more scared to die than he is to kill you.

Graham Greene

People change, you know. It's just something to see at Brighton.

Graham Greene

It's easy to do, to kill, if you're prepared to be killed yourself!

Graham Greene

It's all right, Pinkie. I love you deeply. I'm not just … like lightly fond of you.

Graham Greene

Hate is a feeling that can only exist where there is no understanding.

Graham Greene

You might be fit to blow yourself to bits, then!

Graham Greene

Good and evil. It's as simple as that.

Graham Greene

You know him, I see. But he doesn't know you.

Graham Greene

They would have gone on hating if there hadn't been wisdom in turning hate off.

Graham Greene