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Lawrence Durrell Quotes

Lawrence Durrell quotes

British Writer January 27, 1912 – November 7, 1990

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…I once found a list of diseases as yet unclassified by medical science, and among these there occurred the word Islomania, which was described as a rare but by no means unknown affliction of spirit. There are people…who find islands somehow irresistible. The mere knowledge that they are on an island, a little world surrounded by the sea, fills them with an indescribable intoxication. These born “islomanes”…are direct descendents of the Atlanteans Lawrence Durrell
Frost in January minus 20 for a week. Dead birds frozen on the branch—they fall with the first thaw like ripe fruit—death-ripened. We shall all end like them—just a stain in the snow. Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell quote: "The realisation of one's own death is the point at which one..."
The realisation of one's own death is the point at which one becomes adult. Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell quote: "To be the equal of reality you must learn how to ignore it..."
To be the equal of reality you must learn how to ignore it without danger. Lawrence Durrell
Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them willed or determined by the will-whatever we may think. Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell quote: "Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully..."
Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened. Lawrence Durrell
People only see in us the contemptible skirt-fever which rules our actions but completely miss the beauty-hunger underlying it. Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell quote: "We are the children of our landscape; it dictates behavior and..."
We are the children of our landscape; it dictates behavior and even thought in the measure to which we are responsive to it. Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell quote: "Her efforts to achieve herself had led her always towards, and..."
Her efforts to achieve herself had led her always towards, and not away from him. Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell quote: "We should tackle reality in a slightly jokey way, otherwise we..."
We should tackle reality in a slightly jokey way, otherwise we miss its point. Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell quote: "Does not everything depend on our interpretation of the..."
Does not everything depend on our interpretation of the silence around us? Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell quote: "Science is the poetry of the intellect and poetry the science..."
Science is the poetry of the intellect and poetry the science of the heart's affections. Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell quote: "Who invented the human heart, I wonder? Tell me, and then..."
Who invented the human heart, I wonder? Tell me, and then show me the place where he was hanged. Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell quote: "Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked."
Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked. Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell quote: "Poverty is a great cutter-off and riches a great shutter-off."
Poverty is a great cutter-off and riches a great shutter-off. Lawrence Durrell

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