"We are all hunting for rational reasons for believing in the absurd."

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Source : Lawrence Durrell (2012). “The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea”, p.70, Faber & Faber

Lawrence Durrell

#Believe Quotes #Hunting Quotes #Reason Quotes

“What I did not yet know so intensely was the hatred of the white American for the black, a hatred so deep that I wonder if every white man in this country, when he plants a tree, doesn't see Negroes hanging from its branches.”
“Bill is about moving forward on a long overdue provision to protect vulnerable paid farm workers in Alberta to the same degree that they are protected in every other province in the country, and we feel confident that once people see how the bill actually applies to the regular family farm, they will see that a lot of the concerns were perhaps misplaced. And it's unfortunate that we created a situation that made people worry; that was not ever our intention.”
“In a dog's world, only three states existed: "now," "in a while," and "forever." If someone left, he was gone "forever," and when he returned they rejoiced as much as if he were back from the dead precisely because he'd been gone "forever.”
“Whenever I have to do something, I try to minimise the time it takes me to do it. I just cannot wait.”
“No author dislikes to be edited as much as he dislikes not to be published.”
“Never sleep in a small tent with your nemesis.”
“America has a critical place to play in the end of extreme poverty.”
“Through the survival of their children, happy parents are able to think calmly, and with a very practical affection, of a world in which they are to have no direct share.”

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