Let us define 'man' as a poet perpetually conspiring against himself. — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened. — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
Every man is made of clay and diamond, and no woman can nourish both. — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
The artist's work constitutes the only satisfactory relationship he can have with his fellow men since he seeks his real friends among… — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
after all the work of the philosophers on his soul and the doctors on his body, what can we really say we… — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
Odd, isn't it? He really was the right man for her in a sort of way; but then as you know, it… — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
The whole Mediterranean, the sculpture, the palm, the gold beads, the bearded heroes, the wine, the ideas, the ships, the moonlight, the… — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
Life is more complicated than we think, yet far simpler than anyone dares to imagine — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
“Suddenly at the end of the great couloir my vision is sharpened by a pale disjunctive shudder as a bar of buttercup-yellow thickening gradually… — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
To be the equal of reality you must learn how to ignore it without danger. — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
The cocktail party - as the name itself indicates - was originally invented by dogs. They are simply bottom-sniffings raised to the rank of… — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
It only takes one match to ignite a haystack, or one remark to fire a mind. — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
“He felt that his mind had become a battle-ground for the forces of good and evil and that his task was to strain every… — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
Science is the poetry of the intellect and poetry the science of the heart's affections. — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
We live" writes Pursewarden somewhere, "lives based upon selected fictions. Our view of reality is conditioned by our position in space and time -… — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
It's unthinkable not to love -you'd have a severe nervous breakdown. Or you'd have to be Philip Larkin. — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
“God did not create us, nor did He wish us to be created. We are the work of a lesser deity, a demiurge, who… — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
