Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence George Durrellwas an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth27 February 1912
mirrors secret wish
Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.
sex psychics people
Very few people realise that sex is a psychic and not a physical act. The clumsy coupling of human beings is simply a biological paraphrase of this truth - a primitive method of introducing minds to each other, engaging them. But most people are stuck in the physical aspect, unaware of the poetic rapport which it so clumsily tries to teach.
riches poverty cutters
Poverty is a great cutter-off and riches a great shutter-off.
events baskets crabs
But I love to feel events overlapping each other, crawling over one another like wet crabs in a basket
hero wine men
The whole Mediterranean, the sculpture, the palm, the gold beads, the bearded heroes, the wine, the ideas, the ships, the moonlight, the winged gorgons, the bronze men, the philosophers - all of it seems to rise in the sour, pungent taste of these black olives between the teeth. A taste older than meat, older than wine. A taste as old as cold water.
memories men misfortunes
The memory of man is as old as misfortune
hands life-is-like cucumbers
Life is like a cucumber. One minute it's in your hand, the next it's up you ass.
artist littles today
All artists today are expected to cultivate a little fashionable unhappiness.
men clay made
Every man is made of clay and diamond, and no woman can nourish both.
criticism literature worms
A critic is a lug-worm in the liver of literature.
wine water taste
A taste older than meat, older than wine. A taste as old as cold water.
french-culture culture
All culture corrupts, but French culture corrupts absolutely.
truth truth-is
Truth is what most contradicts itself.
country hate patriot
It is the duty of every patriot to hate his country creatively.