Quote by: Lawrence Durrell

we who have travelled much and loved much: we who have -- I will not say suffered for we have always recognized through suffering our own self-sufficiency -- only we appreciate the complexities of tenderness, and understand how narrowly love and friendship are related


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Author Bio


  • NameLawrence Durrell
  • Descriptionexpatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer
  • AliasesLawrence George Durrell
  • BornFebruary 27, 1912
  • DiedNovember 7, 1990
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPlaywright; Novelist; Poet; Writer
  • WorksThe Alexandria Quartet
  • AwardsJames Tait Black Memorial Prize; Cholmondeley Award