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. - Lawrence Durrell
An idea is like a rare bird which cannot be seen. What one sees is the trembling of the branch it has just left. - Lawrence Durrell
Music is only love looking for words. - Lawrence Durrell
How grudging memory is, and how bitterly she clutches the raw material of her daily work. - Lawrence Durrell