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No one can go on being a rebel too long without turning into an autocrat.
Lawrence Durrell
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Lawrence Durrell
Age: 78 †
Born: 1912
Born: January 1
Died: 1990
Died: November 8
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I suppose the secret of his success is in his tremendous idleness which almost approaches the supernatural.
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Frost in January minus 20 for a week. Dead birds frozen on the branch—they fall with the first thaw like ripe fruit—death-ripened. We shall all end like them—just a stain in the snow.
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Comedians are the nearest to suicide.
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I'm trying to die correctly, but it's very difficult, you know.
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