, as well as the title of two feature films (released in 1955
and 1999
) that were adapted for the screen based on the novel.
Set in London during and just after World War II
, the novel examines the obsession
s, jealousy and discernments within the relationships between three central characters: writer Maurice Bendrix; Sarah Miles; and her husband, civil servant Henry Miles.
Graham Greene's own affair with Lady Catherine Walston played into the basis for The End of the Affair.
I hate you, God. I hate you as though you existed.
To be is to be perceived.
I am a jealous man.
You have to understand. I'm jealous of everything that moves. I'm jealous of the rain!
Pain is easy to write. In pain we're all happily individual. But what can one write about happiness?
I had tempted fate, and fate had accepted.
Tell Him I'm sorry. I'm too human. Too weak. Tell Him I can't keep my promises. I'm tired of being without you.
You see I never stopped loving you, even though I couldn't see you.
The end was just the beginning.