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“The Bear had once confided to me that Durrell's ego could fit snugly in the basilica of St. Peter's in Rome but in very few other public places. This runaway megalomania marked him as a blood member of the fraternity of generals. If looks alone could make generals, Durrell would have been a cinch. He was built lean and slim and dark, like a Doberman. A man of breeding and refrigerated intelligence, he ordered his life like a table of logarithms.”
Pat Conroy“The Bear had once confided to me that Durrell's ego could fit snugly in the basilica of St. Peter's in Rome but in very few other public places. This runaway megalomania marked him as a blood member of the fraternity of generals. If looks alone could make generals, Durrell would have been a cinch. He was built lean and slim and dark, like a Doberman. A man of breeding and refrigerated intelligence, he ordered his life like a table of logarithms.”
Pat Conroy, The Lords of Discipline“I imagine, therefore I belong and am free.”
Lawrence Durrell“It is not love that is blind, but jealousy.”
Lawrence Durrell“Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection.”
Lawrence Durrell“Truth disappears with the telling of it.”
Lawrence Durrell“History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living.”
Lawrence Durrell“The appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it all the time... love lavished on absolute fools. Love's a charity ward, you know.”
Lawrence Durrell“Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.”
Lawrence Durrell“Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.”
Lawrence Durrell“The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time.”
Lawrence Durrell