# Quote — Lawrence Durrell, Clea

> Perhaps our only sickness is to desire a truth which we cannot bear rather than to rest content with the fictions we manufacture out of each other.

- Author: [Lawrence Durrell](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lawrence-durrell.md)
- Book: [Clea](https://www.leafyquotes.com/lawrence-durrell/clea.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/lawrence-durrell/clea/perhaps-our-only

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