Guilt always hurries towards its complement, punishment: only there does its satisfaction lie.
Lawrence DurrellAn idea is like a rare bird which cannot be seen. What one sees is the trembling of the branch it has just left.
Lawrence DurrellThe appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it all the time... love lavished on absolute fools. Love's a charity ward, you know.
Lawrence Durrell