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

Quote by Lawrence Durrell

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Music is only love looking for words

Music is only love looking for words

Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.

Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.

It is not love that is blind, but jealousy.

It is not love that is blind, but jealousy.

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

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

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

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

I imagine, therefore I belong and am free.

I imagine, therefore I belong and am free.

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...

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.

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...

It is not love that is blind, but jealousy

It is not love that is blind, but jealousy

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.

We are the children of our landscape; it dictates behavior and even thought in the...

We are the children of our landscape; it dictates behavior and even thought in the...

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living

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...

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.

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

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

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....