Truth disappears with the telling of it.

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...

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,...

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...

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.

Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.

Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.

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,...

Music is only love looking for words.

Music is only love looking for words.

Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.

Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.

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.

Truth disappears with the telling of it

Truth disappears with the telling of it

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.

Music is only love looking for words

Music is only love looking for words

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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,...