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> [“All the great words, it seemed to Connie were cancelled, for her generation: love, joy, happiness, home, mother, father, husband, all these great, dynamic words were half dead now and dying from day to day.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/all-the-great-words-it-seemed-to-connie-were-cancelled-for-her/)

[D.H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence-2/)

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## More by D.H. Lawrence

> [“It all had to be squeezed and squeezed again, to provide a thrill, to provide enjoyment. What did people mean, with their simply determined…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/it-all-had-to-be-squeezed-and-squeezed-again-to-provide-a-thrill-to/)

[D.H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence-2/)

> [“I WANT her though, to take the same from me. She touches me as if I were herself, her own. She has not realized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/i-want-her-though-to-take-the-same-from-me-she-touches-me-as-if-i/)

[D.H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence-2/)

> [“His body was urgent against her, and she didn't have the heart anymore to fight...She saw his eyes, tense and brilliant, fierce, not loving.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/his-body-was-urgent-against-her-and-she-didn-t-have-the-heart-anymore/)

[D.H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence-2/)

> [“It is not who begets us, that matters, but where fate places us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/it-is-not-who-begets-us-that-matters-but-where-fate-places-us/)

[D.H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence-2/)

> [“If only you could tell them that living and spending isn't the same thing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/if-only-you-could-tell-them-that-living-and-spending-isn-t-the-same/)

[D.H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence-2/)

> [“Ce vreau eu sa stiu - ce ma nedumereste pe mine - este cum pot oamenii care traiesc in aceeasi tara, care vorbesc aceeasi…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/ce-vreau-eu-sa-stiu-ce-ma-nedumereste-pe-mine-este-cum-pot-oamenii/)

[D.h. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence-2/)

> [“Me? Oh, intellectually I believe in having a good heart, a chirpy penis, a lively intelligence, and the courage to say ‘shit!’ in front…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/me-oh-intellectually-i-believe-in-having-a-good-heart-a-chirpy-penis/)

[D.H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence-2/)

> [“Couldn't one go right away, to the far ends of the earth, and be free from it all? One could not. The far ends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/couldn-t-one-go-right-away-to-the-far-ends-of-the-earth-and-be-free/)

[D.H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence-2/)

> [“Is there not the massive brilliant, out-flinging recklessness in the male soul, summed up in the sudden word: Andiamo! Andiamo! Let us go on.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/is-there-not-the-massive-brilliant-out-flinging-recklessness-in-the/)

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> [“He had no particular character, having always depended on his position in society to give him position among men.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/he-had-no-particular-character-having-always-depended-on-his-position/)

[D.H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence-2/)

> [“she would be free of mundane care, she was a pure will towards right. She had sold herself, but she had a new freedom.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/she-would-be-free-of-mundane-care-she-was-a-pure-will-towards-right/)

[D.H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence-2/)

> [“Man is a mistake. He must go.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/man-is-a-mistake-he-must-go/)

[D.H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence-2/)

> [“Art has two great functions. First, it provides an emotional experience. And then, if we have the courage of our own feelings, it becomes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/art-has-two-great-functions-first-it-provides-an-emotional-experience/)

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> [“A new degree of anger came over him. What did it all matter? What did it matter if the mother talked Polish and cried…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/a-new-degree-of-anger-came-over-him-what-did-it-all-matter-what-did/)

[D.H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence-2/)

> [“But I will have it. I will love — it is my birthright. I will love the man I marry — that is all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence-2/but-i-will-have-it-i-will-love-it-is-my-birthright-i-will-love-the/)

[D.H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence-2/)

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