We live” writes Pursewarden somewhere, “lives based upon selected fictions. Our view — Lawrence Durrell
Life is more complicated than we think, yet far simpler than anyone dares to imagine — Lawrence Durrell
Science is the poetry of the intellect and poetry the science of the heart’s affections. — Lawrence Durrell
Guilt always hurries towards its complement, punishment: only there does its satisfaction — Lawrence Durrell
Of women, the most we can say, not being Frenchmen, is that they are burrowing animals. — Lawrence Durrell
The national characteristics… the restless metaphysical curiosity, the tenderness of good living — Lawrence Durrell