Lawrence Durrell Quotes

It’s unthinkable not to love – you’d have a severe nervous breakdown. Lawrence Durrell

No one can go on being a rebel too long without turning into an autocrat. Lawrence Durrell

Everyone loathes his own country and countrymen if he is any sort of artist. Lawrence Durrell

It takes a lot of energy and a lot of neurosis to write a novel…If you were really sensible, you’d do something else. Lawrence Durrell

Guilt always hurries towards its complement, punishment; only there does its satisfaction lie. Lawrence Durrell

Music was invented to confirm human loneliness. Lawrence Durrell

Old age is an insult. It’s like being smacked. Lawrence Durrell

It’s only with great vulgarity that you can achieve real refinement. Lawrence Durrell