Lawrence Durrell

There are only three things to be done with a woman. You can love her, suffer for her, or turn her into literature.

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living.

It is not love that is blind, but jealousy.

I have a naturally camp sensibility and a camp sense of humour. I love the icons that gay people love.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.

Your real self - the 'I am I' - is master of this land, the ruler of this empire. You rightfully have power and dominion over it, all its inhabitants, and all contained in its realm.