D. H. Lawrence Quotes

English - Writer | September 11, 1885 - March 2, 1930

Men! The only animal in the world to fear.

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FearMenAnimalWorldOnly

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot.

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CommunicationPassionYouGenuine

Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.

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TruthGoldStrongTragedyAwayAcid

Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.

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LifeSavedSpentOurs

People always make war when they say they love peace.

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LovePeaceWarPeopleSayThey Say

Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description.

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ExperienceSoulPurposeDeepBlood

It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must have had a sinister sense of humor, creating him a reasonable being, yet forcing him to take this ridiculous posture, and driving him with blind craving for this ridiculous performance.

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GodHumorManPerformanceBlind

Literature is a toil and a snare, a curse that bites deep.

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DeepLiteratureCurseToilSnare

The human consciousness is really homogeneous. There is no complete forgetting, even in death.

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DeathHumanForgettingConsciousness

There is only one thing that a man really wants to do, all his life; and that is, to find his way to his God, his Morning Star, salute his fellow man, and enjoy the woman who has come the long way with him.

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LifeMorningGodRomanticWomanMan

The business of art is to reveal the relation between man and his environment.

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BusinessArtManEnvironmentReveal

But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions.

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LifeLiveBetterDieRepetition

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