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

Quote by Lawrence Durrell

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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,...

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.

I imagine, therefore I belong and am free.

I imagine, therefore I belong and am free.

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

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

Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.

Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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,...

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...

Truth disappears with the telling of it

Truth disappears with the telling of it

Truth disappears with the telling of it.

Truth disappears with the telling of it.

Music is only love looking for words

Music is only love looking for words

Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable or am I miserable because listen...

Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable or am I miserable because listen...

Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without

Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without

The most valuable of all talents is never using two words when one will do.

The most valuable of all talents is never using two words when one will do.