Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence George Durrellwas an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth27 February 1912
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.
dark cities echoes
No history much? Perhaps. Only this ominous Dark beauty flowering under veils, Trapped in the spectrum of a dying style: A village like an instinct left to rust, Composed around the echo of a pistol-shot.
love growing divides
Love joins and then divides. How else would we be growing?
suicide comedian
Comedians are the nearest to suicide.
truth truth-is enigmatic
Truth is a woman. That is why it is enigmatic.
flower space demand
They flower spontaneously out of the demands of our natures - and the best of them lead us not only outward in space, but inward as well.
writing neurosis energy
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.
music lonely loneliness
Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.
reality missing way
We should tackle reality in a slightly jokey way, otherwise we miss its point.