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Truth is a woman. That is why it is enigmatic.
Lawrence Durrell
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Lawrence Durrell
Age: 78 †
Born: 1912
Born: January 1
Died: 1990
Died: November 8
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Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened.
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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.
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To write a poem is like trying to catch a lizard without its tail falling off.
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Comedians are the nearest to suicide.
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A taste older than meat, older than wine. A taste as old as cold water.
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A diary is the last place to go if you wish to seek the truth about a person. Nobody dares to make the final confession to themselves on paper: or at least, not about love.
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Religion is simply art bastardized out of all recognition.
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I don’t believe one reads to escape reality. A person reads to confirm a reality he knows is there, but which he has not experienced.
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