Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence George Durrellwas an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth27 February 1912
Lawrence Durrell quotes about
cute-love love nervous philip severe
It's unthinkable not to love --you'd have a severe nervous breakdown. Or you'd have to be Philip Larkin.
reality missing way
We should tackle reality in a slightly jokey way, otherwise we miss its point.
behavior children dictates measure responsive
We are the children of our landscape; it dictates behavior and even thought in the measure to which we are responsive to it
love anniversary valentines-day
The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time.
love nervous breakdown
It's unthinkable not to love -you'd have a severe nervous breakdown. Or you'd have to be Philip Larkin.
dog party names
The cocktail party - as the name itself indicates - was originally invented by dogs. They are simply bottom-sniffings raised to the rank of formal ceremonies.
travel journey form
Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection.
inspirational funny music
Music is only love looking for words.
artist raw-materials materials
Life, the raw material, is only lived in potentia until the artist deploys it in his work.
silence doe quiet
Does not everything depend on our interpretation of the silence around us?
children land landscape
We are the children of our landscape; it dictates behavior and even thought in the measure to which we are responsive to it.
truth ladders matter
Truth is a matter of direct apprehension-you can't climb a ladder of mental concepts to it.
love cities world
A city becomes a world when one loves one of its inhabitants.
wine glasses paris
The national characteristics... the restless metaphysical curiosity, the tenderness of good living and the passionate individualism. This is the invisible constant in a place with which the ordinary tourist can get in touch just by sitting quite quietly over a glass of wine in a Paris bistro.