Quotes from Lawrence Durrell, Justine

I suppose the secret of his success is in his tremendous idleness which almost approaches the supernatural.

Art—the meaning of the pattern of our common actions in reality. The cloth-of-gold that hides behind the sackcloth of reality, forced out by the pain of human memory.

I have done so many things in my life, " she said to the mirror. "Evil things, perhaps. But never unattentively, never wastefully...was I wrong?

People only see in us the contemptible skirt-fever which rules our actions but completely miss the beauty-hunger underlying it.