Cases Quote by Lawrence Durrell

Life is more complicated than we think, yet far simpler than anyone dares to imagine

— Lawrence Durrell

“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

To be the equal of reality you must learn how to ignore it without danger.

— Lawrence Durrell

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

It only takes one match to ignite a haystack, or one remark to fire a mind.

— Lawrence Durrell

“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

Science is the poetry of the intellect and poetry the science of the heart's affections.

— Lawrence Durrell

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

— Lawrence Durrell

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

It's unthinkable not to love -you'd have a severe nervous breakdown. Or you'd have to be Philip Larkin.

— Lawrence Durrell

“...man is only an extension of the spirit of place.”

— Lawrence Durrell

“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