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

Quote by Lawrence Durrell

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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.

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.

The appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it...

The appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it...

For us artists there waits the joyous compromise through art with all that wounded or...

For us artists there waits the joyous compromise through art with all that wounded or...

Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them,...

Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them,...

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.

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

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

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.

Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them,...

Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them,...

Music is only love looking for words

Music is only love looking for words

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....

No one can go on being a rebel too long without turning into an autocrat.

No one can go on being a rebel too long without turning into an autocrat.

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.

It is not love that is blind, but jealousy.

It is not love that is blind, but jealousy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The cool thing about being famous is traveling. I have always wanted to travel across...

The cool thing about being famous is traveling. I have always wanted to travel across...

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.

The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.

The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.