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D. H. Lawrence Quotes - Page 4

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

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

Lonely, People, Complaining

D. H. Lawrence, Mara Kalnins (2002). “Apocalypse and the Writings on Revelation”, p.78, Cambridge University Press

Water is H2O, hydrogen two parts, oxygen one, but there is also a third thing, that makes it water and nobody knows what that is.

Science, Oxygen, Two

D.H. Lawrence (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)”, p.6710, Delphi Classics

The living self has one purpose only: to come into its own fullness of being, as a tree comes into full blossom, or a bird into spring beauty, or a tiger into lustre.

Spring, Self, Bird

D.H. Lawrence (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)”, p.9093, Delphi Classics

Nothing but love has made the dog lose his wild freedom, to become the servant of man.

Dog, Men, Pet

D.H. Lawrence (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)”, p.8566, Delphi Classics

Sex is just another form of talk, where you act the words instead of saying them.

Sexy, Sex, Sensual

D. H. Lawrence (2013). “The Essential D.H. Lawrence”, p.1618, Simon and Schuster

Are you willing to be sponged out, erased, cancelled, made nothing? Are you willing to be made nothing? Dipped into oblivion? If not, you will never really change.

Change, Oblivion, Made

D. H. Lawrence (2008). “Complete Poems by Lawrence: Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition”, p.540, ReadHowYouWant.com

When all comes to all, the most precious element in life is wonder. Love is a great emotion, and power is power. But both love and power are based on wonder.

Love, Elements, Wonder Of Life

D. H. Lawrence, James T. Boulton (2004). “D. H. Lawrence: Late Essays and Articles”, p.131, Cambridge University Press

No form of love is wrong, so long as it is love.

Love Is, Long, Form

D. H. Lawrence, Dieter Mehl (2002). “The Fox, The Captain's Doll, The Ladybird”, p.201, Cambridge University Press

The love between man and woman is the greatest and most complete passion the world will ever see, because it is dual, because it is of two opposing kinds.

Love, Passion, Men

D. H. Lawrence, Michael Herbert (1988). “Reflections on the Death of a Porcupine and Other Essays”, p.9, Cambridge University Press

You live by what you thrill to, and there's the end of it.

Thrill, Ends, Live By

D. H. Lawrence, James T. Boulton (2002). “The Letters of D. H. Lawrence”, p.601, Cambridge University Press

I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.

Life, Sorry, Bird

D.H. Lawrence (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)”, p.6615, Delphi Classics

People always make war when they say they love peace.

Love, Peace, War

D. H. Lawrence (2008). “Complete Poems by Lawrence: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.492, ReadHowYouWant.com

The Christian fear of the pagan outlook has damaged the whole consciousness of man.

Christian, Men, Literature

D. H. Lawrence, Mara Kalnins (2002). “Apocalypse and the Writings on Revelation”, p.86, Cambridge University Press

Pornography is the attempt to insult sex, to do dirt on it.

Sex, Dirt, Comeback

Phoenix "Pornography and Obscenity" ch. 3 (1936)

Every man has a mob self and an individual self, in varying proportions.

Men, Self, Individual

D. H. Lawrence, James T. Boulton (2004). “D. H. Lawrence: Late Essays and Articles”, p.238, Cambridge University Press

Love is never a fulfillment. Life is never a thing of continuous bliss. There is no paradise. Fight and laugh and feel bitter and feel bliss: and fight again. Fight, fight. That is life.

Fighting, Love Is, Laughing

D.H. Lawrence (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)”, p.8283, Delphi Classics

There's lots of good fish in the sea...maybe...but the vast masses seem to be mackerel or herring, and if you're not mackerel or herring yourself, you are likely to find very few good fish in the sea.

Sea, Mackerel, Mass

D. H. Lawrence (2016). “Lady chatterleys lover”, p.37, D. H. Lawrence

When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere.

Inspirational, Land, Over The Edge

D. H. Lawrence (2016). “D. H. Lawrence: The Complete Novels (Centaur Classics)”, p.983, D. H. Lawrence

Never set a child afloat on the flat sea of life with only one sail to catch the wind.

Children, Wind, Sea

D. H. Lawrence, James T. Boulton (2002). “The Letters of D. H. Lawrence”, p.52, Cambridge University Press

When I went to the scientific doctor I realised what a lust there was in him to wreak his so-called science on me and reduce me to the level of a thing. So I said: Good-morning! and left him.

Morning, Doctors, Lust

D.H. Lawrence (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)”, p.6965, Delphi Classics

When love turns into dust, money becomes the substitution.

Dust, Turns, Substitution

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

Women, Literature, Dry

D.H. Lawrence (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)”, p.8702, Delphi Classics

I am in love - and, my God, it is the greatest thing that can happen to a man. I tell you, find a woman you can fall in love with. Do it. Let yourself fall in love. If you have not done so already, you are wasting your life.

Love, Fall, Philosophical

D. H. Lawrence, James T. Boulton (2000). “The Selected Letters of D. H. Lawrence”, p.42, Cambridge University Press

Good God, what does it matter? If life is a tragedy, or a farce, or a disaster, or anything else, what do I care! Let life be what it likes. Give me a drink, that's what I want just now.

Giving, Tragedy, Farce

D. H. Lawrence, Ezra Greenspan, Lindeth Vasey (2003). “Studies in Classic American Literature”, p.134, Cambridge University Press

Men are not free when they're doing just what they like. Men are only free when they're doing what the deepest self likes. And there is getting down to the deepest self! It takes some diving.

Inspirational, Men, Self

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