Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them willed or determined by the will-whatever we may think.

Quote by Lawrence Durrell

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Music is only love looking for words.

Music is only love looking for words.

Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection.

Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection.

A woman's best love letters are always written to the man she is betraying.

A woman's best love letters are always written to the man she is betraying.

Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.

Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.

The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time.

The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time.

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living

There are only three things to be done with a woman. You can love her,...

There are only three things to be done with a woman. You can love her,...

Perhaps our only sickness is to desire a truth which we cannot bear rather than...

Perhaps our only sickness is to desire a truth which we cannot bear rather than...

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living.

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living.

A city becomes a world when one loves one of it's inhabitants.

A city becomes a world when one loves one of it's inhabitants.

It is not love that is blind, but jealousy.

It is not love that is blind, but jealousy.

It is not love that is blind, but jealousy

It is not love that is blind, but jealousy

I'm trying to die correctly, but it's very difficult, you know.

I'm trying to die correctly, but it's very difficult, you know.

Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened.

Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened.

I had become, with the approach of night, once more aware of loneliness and time...

I had become, with the approach of night, once more aware of loneliness and time...

Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.

Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.

Everyone loathes his own country and countrymen if he is any sort of artist.

Everyone loathes his own country and countrymen if he is any sort of artist.

Truth disappears with the telling of it.

Truth disappears with the telling of it.

It takes a lot of energy and a lot of neurosis to write a novel....

It takes a lot of energy and a lot of neurosis to write a novel....

Guilt always hurries towards its complement, punishment; only there does its satisfaction lie.

Guilt always hurries towards its complement, punishment; only there does its satisfaction lie.