D. H. Lawrence quotes

D. H. Lawrence was an English novelist, poet, and essayist, renowned for his bold exploration of human emotions and sexuality. His works often challenged social norms and were controversial in their time. He influenced modern literature with his vivid characters and psychological insight. Here are 246 of his quotes:

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. (D. H. Lawrence)
Men! The only animal in the world to fear. View quote
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It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to be dependent on tradition and second-hand ideals. Life will seem to you, later, not a lesser, but a greater thing. View quote
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God is only a great imaginative experience. View quote
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But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions. View quote
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Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it. View quote
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I hold that the parentheses are by far the most important parts of a non-business letter. View quote
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We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority. View quote
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California is a queer place in a way, it has turned its back on the world, and looks into the void Pacific. It is absolutely selfish, very empty, but not false, and at least, not full of false effort. View quote
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Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot. View quote
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My God, these folks don't know how to love - that's why they love so easily. (D. H. Lawrence)
The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread. View quote
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If a woman hasn't got a tiny streak of harlot in her, she's a dry stick as a rule. View quote
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Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved. View quote
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I want to live my life so that my nights are not full of regrets. View quote
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Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts. View quote
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I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze. View quote
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I can never decide whether my dreams are the result of my thoughts, or my thoughts the result of my dreams. View quote
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Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken. View quote
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To the Puritan all things are impure, as somebody says. View quote
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One could laugh at the world better if it didn't mix tender kindliness with its brutality. (D. H. Lawrence)
Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. View quote
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One must learn to love, and go through a good deal of suffering to get to it... and the journey is always towards the other soul. View quote
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Pornography is the attempt to insult sex, to do dirt on it. View quote
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The human being is a most curious creature. He thinks he has got one soul, and he has got dozens. View quote
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D. H. Lawrence

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Occupation: English Writer
Born: September 11, 1885
Died: March 2, 1930
Quotes count: 246
Wikipedia: D. H. Lawrence

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