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You see, nothing matters except pleasure - which is the opposite of happiness, its tragic part, I expect.Lawrence Durrell
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Art like life is an open secret.Lawrence Durrell
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And I saw her as a sad thirtieth child of Valentine that fell, not as Lucifer rebelling against God, but because she too passionately wanted to be united with him! All things in excess become sin.Lawrence Durrell
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The desire to be near the beloved object is at first not due to the idea of possessing it, but simply to let the two experiences compare themselves, like reflections in different mirrors... For from here love degenerates into habit, possession, and back to loneliness.Lawrence Durrell