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Lawrence Durrell Quotes

Lawrence Durrell quotes

British Writer January 27, 1912 – November 7, 1990

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I am just a refugee from the long slow toothache of English life. It is terrible to love life so much you can hardly breathe! Lawrence Durrell
Love is like trench warfare - you cannot see the enemy, but you know he is there and that it is wiser to keep your head down. Lawrence Durrell
She took kisses like so many coats of paint […] how long and how vainly I searched for excuses which might make her amorality if not palatable at lest understandable. I realize now the time I wasted in this way; instead of enjoying her and turning aside from these preoccupations with the thought, ‘She is untrustworthy as she is beautiful. She takes love as plants do water, lightly, thoughtlessly. Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell quote: "A woman's best love letters are always written to the man she..."
A woman's best love letters are always written to the man she is betraying. Lawrence Durrell
The loved object is simply one that has shared an experience at the same moment of time, narcissistically; and the desire to be near the beloved object is at first not due to the idea of possessing it, but simply to let the two experiences compare themselves, like reflections in different mirrors. All this may precede the first look, kiss, or touch; precede ambition, pride, or envy; precede the first declarations which mark the turning point—for from here love degenerates into habit,... Lawrence Durrell
There is no pain compared to that of loving a woman who makes her body accessible to one and yet who is incapable of delivering her true self -- because she does not know where to find it. Lawrence Durrell
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
Lawrence Durrell quote: "There are only three things to be done with a woman. You can..."
There are only three things to be done with a woman. You can love her, suffer for her, or turn her into literature. Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell quote: "One word ‘love’ has to do service for so many different kinds..."
One word ‘love’ has to do service for so many different kinds of the same animal. Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell quote: "Music is only love looking for words."
Music is only love looking for words. Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell quote: "The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of..."
The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time. Lawrence Durrell
A diary is the last place to go if you wish to seek the truth about a person. Nobody dares to make the final confession to themselves on paper: or at least, not about love. Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell quote: "It is not love that is blind, but jealousy."
It is not love that is blind, but jealousy. Lawrence Durrell
Odd, isn't it? He really was the right man for her in a sort of way; but then as you know, it is a law of love that the so-called 'right' person always comes to soon or too late. Lawrence Durrell
Somewhere in the heart of experience there is an order and a coherence which we might purprise if we were attentive enough, loving enough, or patient enough. Lawrence Durrell

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