Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened.

Quote by Lawrence Durrell

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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 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.

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.

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 is not love that is blind, but jealousy.

It is not love that is blind, but jealousy.

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.

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,...

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.

Music is only love looking for words

Music is only love looking for words

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,...

Truth disappears with the telling of it

Truth disappears with the telling of it

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,...

I imagine, therefore I belong and am free.

I imagine, therefore I belong and am free.

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living

Truth disappears with the telling of it.

Truth disappears with the telling of it.

Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.

Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.

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.

Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.

Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.