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Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened.
Lawrence Durrell
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Lawrence Durrell
Age: 78 †
Born: 1912
Born: January 1
Died: 1990
Died: November 8
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Art like life is an open secret.
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A taste older than meat, older than wine. A taste as old as cold water.
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The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time.
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An idea is like a rare bird which cannot be seen. What one sees is the trembling of the branch it has just left.
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