Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked. Lawrence Durrell on age
History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living. Lawrence Durrell on history
For us artists there waits the joyous compromise through art with all that wounded or defeated us in daily life in this way, not to evade destiny, as the ordinary people try to do, but to fulfil it in its true potential - the imagination. Lawrence Durrell on imagination
It is not love that is blind, but jealousy. Lawrence Durrell on jealousy
The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time. Lawrence Durrell on love
It is not love that is blind, but jealousy. Lawrence Durrell on love
Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened. Lawrence Durrell on men
Music was invented to confirm human loneliness. Lawrence Durrell on music
I had become, with the approach of night, once more aware of loneliness and time - those two companions without whom no journey can yield us anything. Lawrence Durrell on time
The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time. Lawrence Durrell on time
Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection. Lawrence Durrell on travel
The appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it all the time... love lavished on absolute fools. Love's a charity ward, you know. Lawrence Durrell on women