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

Quote by Lawrence Durrell

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Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.

Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.

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

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

It is not love that is blind, but jealousy

It is not love that is blind, but jealousy

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,...

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.

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

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

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

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

Truth disappears with the telling of it.

Truth disappears with the telling of it.

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.

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...

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.

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,...

It's unthinkable not to love --you'd have a severe nervous breakdown. Or you'd have to...

It's unthinkable not to love --you'd have a severe nervous breakdown. Or you'd have to...

Truth disappears with the telling of it

Truth disappears with the telling of it

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.

Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.

Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.

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....

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 imagine, therefore I belong and am free.

I imagine, therefore I belong and am free.