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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Truth disappears with the telling of it

Truth disappears with the telling of it

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...

It is not love that is blind, but jealousy

It is not love that is blind, but jealousy

Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.

Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.

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 imagine, therefore I belong and am free.

I imagine, therefore I belong and am free.

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...

Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.

Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.

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.

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.

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....

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...

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,...

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 is not love that is blind, but jealousy.

It is not love that is blind, but jealousy.

God speaks in the language you know best...not through your ears, but through your circumstances.

God speaks in the language you know best...not through your ears, but through your circumstances.

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore...

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore...

If circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any...

If circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any...

One approaches the journey's end. But the end is a goal, not a catastrophe.

One approaches the journey's end. But the end is a goal, not a catastrophe.