No one can go on being a rebel too long without turning into an autocrat.

Quote by Lawrence Durrell

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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.

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,...

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 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...

Music is only love looking for words

Music is only love looking for words

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.

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'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...

Truth disappears with the telling of it

Truth disappears with the telling of it

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.

Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.

Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.

Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.

Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.

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 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....

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.

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.

I took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

I took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.