Justine by Lawrence Durrell

Author:Lawrence Durrell [Durrell, Lawrence]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Romance, General, Fiction
ISBN: 9789500701235
Google: cfZaNAAACAAJ
Amazon: 0140153195
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1993-01-15T06:00:00+00:00

only allotted a certain portion of it, a ration. It is capable of appear-

ing in an infinity of forms and attaching itself to an infinity of

people. But it is limited in quantity, can be used up, become shop-

worn and faded before it reaches its true object. For its destination

lies somewhere in the deepest regions of the psyche where it will

come to recognize itself as self-love, the ground upon which we

build the sort of health of the psyche. I do not mean egoism or

narcissism.’

It was conversations like these: conversations lasting sometimes

far into the night, which first brought me close to Clea, taught me

that I could rely upon the strength which she had quarried out of

self-knowledge and reflection. In our friendship we were able to

share our private thoughts and ideas, to test them upon one an-

other, in a way that would have been impossible had we been linked

more closely by ties which, paradoxically enough, separate more

profoundly than they join, though human illusion forbids us to

believe this. ‘It is true’ I remember her saying once, when I had

mentioned this strange fact, ‘that in some sense I am closer to you

than either Melissa or Justine. You see, Melissa’s love is too con-

fiding : it blinds her. While Justine’s cowardly monomania sees one

through an invented picture of one, and this forbids you to do any-

thing except to be a demoniac like her. Do not look hurt. There is

no malice in what I say.’

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