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

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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,...

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

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

It is not love that is blind, but jealousy.

It is not love that is blind, but jealousy.

Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.

Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.

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.

Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.

Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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,...