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D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Go deeper than love, for the soul has

Go deeper than love, for the soul has greater depths, love is like the grass, but the heart is deep wild rock molten, yet dense and permanent. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: I can only see death and more death,

I can only see death and more death, till we are black and swollen with death. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Because I infinitely prefer the spontaneous spite to

Because I infinitely prefer the spontaneous spite to the concocted sugaries; — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: You pluck flower after flower - it is

You pluck flower after flower - it is never the flower. The flower itself - its calyx is a horrible gulf, it is the bottomless pit. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: When I hear modern people complain of being

When I hear modern people complain of being lonely then I know what has happened. They have lost the cosmos. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: When each thing is unique in itself, there

When each thing is unique in itself, there can be no comparison made ... There is only this strange recognition of present otherness. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: No absolute is going to make the lion

No absolute is going to make the lion lie down with the lamb: unless the lamb is inside. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: The cruelest thing a man can do to

The cruelest thing a man can do to a woman is to portray her as perfection. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Men are freest when they are most unconscious

Men are freest when they are most unconscious of freedom. The shout is a rattling of chains, always was. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Every man has a mob self and an

Every man has a mob self and an individual self, in varying proportions. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: I want to live my life so that

I want to live my life so that my nights are not full of regrets. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: I hold that the parentheses are by far

I hold that the parentheses are by far the most important parts of a non-business letter. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Not that the Red Indian will ever possess

Not that the Red Indian will ever possess the broad lands of America. At least I presume not. But his ghost will. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Never trust the teller, trust the tale. The

Never trust the teller, trust the tale. The proper function of a critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Ours is an excessively conscious age. We know

Ours is an excessively conscious age. We know so much, we feel so little. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Instead of her soul swaying with new life,

Instead of her soul swaying with new life, it seemed to droop, to bleed, as if it were wounded. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Only youth has a taste of immortality.

Only youth has a taste of immortality. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: I know the greatness of Christianity; it is

I know the greatness of Christianity; it is a past greatness.. I live in 1924, and the Christian venture is done. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Necessary, forever necessary, to burn out false shames

Necessary, forever necessary, to burn out false shames and smelt the heaviest ore of the body into purity. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Life is a traveling to the edge of

Life is a traveling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: He had no particular character, having always depended

He had no particular character, having always depended on his position in society to give him position among men. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: I will wait and watch till the day

I will wait and watch till the day of David at last shall be finished, and wisdom no more fox-faced, and the blood gets back its flame. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Pornography is the attempt to insult sex, to

Pornography is the attempt to insult sex, to do dirt on it. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Having achieved and accomplished love ... man ...

Having achieved and accomplished love ... man ... has become himself, his tale is told. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: I never know when I sit down, just

I never know when I sit down, just what I am going to write. I make no plan; it just comes, and I don't know where it comes from. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: The more scholastically educated a man is generally,

The more scholastically educated a man is generally, the more he is an emotional boor. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: What one does in one's art, that is

What one does in one's art, that is the breath of one's being. What one does in one's life, that is a bagatelle for the outsiders to fuss about. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: For God's sake, all of you, say spiteful

For God's sake, all of you, say spiteful things about me, then I shall know I mean something to you. Don't say surgaries, or I'm done. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: It seethes and seethes, a river of darkness,

It seethes and seethes, a river of darkness, putting forth lilies and snakes — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Oh build your ship of death, oh build

Oh build your ship of death, oh build it in time and build it lovingly, and put it between the hands of your soul. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: It seems to me a wrong and bitter

It seems to me a wrong and bitter thing to do, to bring a child into this world. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: everywhere for it. And, as she sought, the

everywhere for it. And, as she sought, the conviction came into her heart that her husband had taken it. What she had in her purse was all the money — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Satire exists for the purpose of killing the

Satire exists for the purpose of killing the social being [for the sake of] the true individual, the real human being. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: The sense of wonder, that is our sixth

The sense of wonder, that is our sixth sense. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By Lawrence Block: Come on in," Elaine said. "She's already here.

Come on in," Elaine said. "She's already here. Pam, this is Mr. Scudder, Matthew Scudder. Matt, I'd like you to meet Pam. — Lawrence Block

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Horrors might burst out of them. But something

Horrors might burst out of them. But something must burst out, sometimes, if men are not machines. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: While the black coal rose jutting round them,

While the black coal rose jutting round them, and the props of wood stood like little pillars in the low, black, very dark temple. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: If it doesn't absorb you, if it isn't

If it doesn't absorb you, if it isn't any fun, don't do it. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By Lawrence Kasdan: If your work is going to draw from

If your work is going to draw from life, you'd better work very hard to keep up with reality. — Lawrence Kasdan

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: I'd be ashamed to see a woman walking

I'd be ashamed to see a woman walking around with my name-label on her, address and railway station, like a wardrobe trunk. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: I'd wipe the machines off the face of

I'd wipe the machines off the face of the earth again, and end the industrial epoch absolutely, like a black mistake. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Whatever God there is is slowly eliminating the

Whatever God there is is slowly eliminating the guts and alimentary system from the human being, to evolve a higher, more spiritual being. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Any man's a fool who lets himself be

Any man's a fool who lets himself be a wage-earning slave, today. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: The Sphinx-riddle. Solve it, or be torn to

The Sphinx-riddle. Solve it, or be torn to bits, is the decree. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: And this is the final meaning of work:

And this is the final meaning of work: the extension of human consciousness. The lesser meaning of work is the achieving of self-preservation. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: [Hawthorne's] pious blame is a chuckle of praise

[Hawthorne's] pious blame is a chuckle of praise all the while. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: That curiously clean, semi-transparent look of the genteel,

That curiously clean, semi-transparent look of the genteel, isolated poor. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: If we lose our sanity ... We can

If we lose our sanity ... We can but howl the lugubrious howl of idiots, the howl of the utterly lost howling their nowhereness. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: He who gets nearer the sun is leader,

He who gets nearer the sun is leader, the aristocrat of aristocrats, or he who, like Dostoevsky, gets nearest the moon of our non-being. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: There are vast realms of consciousness still undreamed

There are vast realms of consciousness still undreamed of -vast ranges of experience, like humming of unseen harps, we know nothing of, within us. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.

Money is our madness, our vast collective madness. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Why are we all only like mortal pieces

Why are we all only like mortal pieces of furniture? Why is nothing important? — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: No creature is fully itself till it is,

No creature is fully itself till it is, like the dandelion, opened in the bloom of pure relationship to the sun, the entire living cosmos. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Censors are dead men set up to judge

Censors are dead men set up to judge between life and death. For no live, sunny man would be a censor, he'd just laugh. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: One man's meat is another man's poison,' he

One man's meat is another man's poison,' he — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Men are free when they belong to a

Men are free when they belong to a living, organic, believing community, active in fulfilling some unfulfilled, perhaps unrealized purpose. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Men always do leave off really thinking, when

Men always do leave off really thinking, when the last bit of wild animal dies in them. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen sat one morning in

Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen sat one morning in the window-bay of their father's house in Beldover, working and talking. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: At the back of my life's horizon, where

At the back of my life's horizon, where the dreamings of past lives crowd. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Why does the thin grey strandFloating up from

Why does the thin grey strand
Floating up from the forgotten
Cigarette between my fingers,
Why does it trouble me? — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Without secrecy there would be no pornography. But

Without secrecy there would be no pornography. But secrecy and modesty are two utterly different things. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: But better die than live mechanically a life

But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Quite frantically, he longed not to be.

Quite frantically, he longed not to be. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: The only principle I can see in this

The only principle I can see in this life, is that one must forfeit the less for the greater. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: I'll do my life work, sticking up for

I'll do my life work, sticking up for the love between man and woman. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: How beastly the bourgeois isespecially the male of

How beastly the bourgeois is
especially the male of the species — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Every profound new movement makes a great swing

Every profound new movement makes a great swing also backwards to some older, half-forgotten way of consciousness. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Sex is the root of which intuition is

Sex is the root of which intuition is the foliage and beauty is the flower. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: I like to write when I feel spiteful.

I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze.
(Letter to Cynthia Asquith, November 1913) — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: His suave loins of darkness, dark-clad and suave

His suave loins of darkness, dark-clad and suave — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Every true artist is the salvation of every

Every true artist is the salvation of every other. Only artists produce for each other a world that is fit to live in. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: ...she seemed so like a wet rag that

...she seemed so like a wet rag that would never dry. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: One should be religious in everything, have God,

One should be religious in everything, have God, whatever God might be, present in everything. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: I see a redness suddenly comeInto the evening's

I see a redness suddenly come
Into the evening's anxious breast
'Tis the wound of love goes home! — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Be a good animal,true to your instincts.

Be a good animal,true to your instincts. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: The deadly Hydra now is the hydra of

The deadly Hydra now is the hydra of Equality. Liberty, Equality and Fraternity is the three-fanged serpent. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By Jennifer Lawrence: I'd like to think that I have a

I'd like to think that I have a plan, but you can't really pick what scripts you're going to get or what movie is going to come along. — Jennifer Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: She would have thought a woman would have

She would have thought a woman would have died of shame. Instead of which, the shame died. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Perhaps only those people who are capable of

Perhaps only those people who are capable of real togetherness have that look of being alone in the world. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: Money poisons you when you've got it, and

Money poisons you when you've got it, and starves you when you haven't. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: The one woman who never gives herself is

The one woman who never gives herself is your free woman, who is always giving herself. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: But I will have it. I will love

But I will have it. I will love - it is my birthright. I will love the man I marry - that is all I care about. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: We ought to dance with rapture that we

We ought to dance with rapture that we might be alive ... and part of the living, incarnate cosmos. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: I never knew how soothing trees are-many trees

I never knew how soothing trees are-many trees and patches of open sunlight, and tree presences; it is almost like having another being. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: The goal is to know how not-to-know.

The goal is to know how not-to-know. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By Lawrence Block: Man, I so sick of dinosaurs. They wasn't

Man, I so sick of dinosaurs. They wasn't extinct, I'd go out an' kill 'em myself. — Lawrence Block

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: She, herself, was so forlorn and unused, not

She, herself, was so forlorn and unused, not a female at all, just a mere thing of terrors. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: One's action ought to come out of an

One's action ought to come out of an achieved stillness: not to be a mere rushing on. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: The human soul needs actual beauty more than

The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: If you believe in your own sex, and

If you believe in your own sex, and won't have it done dirt to: they'll down you. It's the one insane taboo left: sex as a naturaland vital thing. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: They say the sea is cold, but the

They say the sea is cold, but the sea contains the hottest blood of all, and the wildest, the most urgent. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: I believe that a man is converted when

I believe that a man is converted when first he hears the low, vast murmur of life, of human life, troubling his hitherto unconscious self. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: I like Australia less and less. The hateful

I like Australia less and less. The hateful newness, the democratic conceit, every man a little pope of perfection. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: I am convinced that the air we normally

I am convinced that the air we normally breathe is a kind of water, and men and women are a species of fish. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: When science starts to be interpretiveit is more

When science starts to be interpretive
it is more unscientific even than mysticism. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: My God, these folks don't know how to

My God, these folks don't know how to love
that's why they love so easily. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: There was something I ought to remember: and

There was something I ought to remember: and yet I did not remember. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: She could hear a distant coughing of a

She could hear a distant coughing of a sheep. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: DEMOCRACY OF TOUCH - instead of a democracy

DEMOCRACY OF TOUCH - instead of a democracy of pocket. — D.H. Lawrence

D Lawrence Quotes By D.H. Lawrence: If a woman hasn't got a tiny streak

If a woman hasn't got a tiny streak of harlot in her, she's a dry stick as a rule. — D.H. Lawrence