The whole Mediterranean, the sculpture, the palm, the gold beads, the bearded heroes, the wine, the ideas, the ships, the moonlight, the winged gorgons, the bronze men, the philosophers - all of it seems to rise in the sour, pungent taste of these black olives between the teeth. A taste older than meat, older than wine. A taste as old as cold water.
Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection. - Lawrence Durrell
Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection.
- Lawrence Durrell
I see artists as a great battalion moving through paint, words, music towards cosmological interpretation. - Lawrence Durrell
I see artists as a great battalion moving through paint, words, music towards cosmological interpretation.
Try and travel with the eyes of the spirit wide open, and not too much factual information. To tune in, without reverence, idly -- but with real inwa… - Lawrence Durrell
Try and travel with the eyes of the spirit wide open, and not too much factual information. To tune in, without reverence, idly -- but with real inwa…
Life is more complicated than we think, yet far simpler than anyone dares to imagine - Lawrence Durrell
Life is more complicated than we think, yet far simpler than anyone dares to imagine
All culture corrupts, but French culture corrupts absolutely. - Lawrence Durrell
All culture corrupts, but French culture corrupts absolutely.
A city becomes a world when one loves one of its inhabitants. - Lawrence Durrell
A city becomes a world when one loves one of its inhabitants.
Whatever the heart desires, it purchases at the cost of soul - Lawrence Durrell
Whatever the heart desires, it purchases at the cost of soul
We are all hunting for rational reasons for believing in the absurd. - Lawrence Durrell
We are all hunting for rational reasons for believing in the absurd.
Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened. - Lawrence Durrell
Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened.
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