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Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection.

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Lawrence Durrell
Age: 78 †
Born: 1912
Born: January 1
Died: 1990
Died: November 8
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The realisation of one's own death is the point at which one becomes adult.
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To write a poem is like trying to catch a lizard without its tail falling off.
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Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened.
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Truth is what most contradicts itself.
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Art like life is an open secret.
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Everything really desirable has come about because of, or in spite of, wine!
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No one can go on being a rebel too long without turning into an autocrat.
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