The whole question of pornography seems to me a question of secrecy. Without secrecy there would be no pornography. But secrecy and… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
Plant consciousness, insect consciousness, fish consciousness, all are related by one permanent element, which we may call the religious element inherent in… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
It is all a question of sensitiveness. Brute force and overbearing may make a terrific effect. But in the end, that which… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
The near touch of death may be a release into life; if only it will break the egoistic will, and release that… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
That's just what a woman is. She thinks she knows what's good for a man, and she's going to see he gets… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
And if tonight my soul may find her peace in sleep, and sink in good oblivion, and in the morning wake like… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
For man, the vast marvel is to be alive. For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
The reaction to any word may be, in an individual, either a mob-reaction or an individual reaction. It is up to the… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as leave give her kiss to an absurdity… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
It's better to be born lucky than rich. If you're rich, you may lose your money, but if you're born lucky, you… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
Humanity is less, far less than the individual, because the individual may sometimes be capable of truth, and humanity is a tree… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
Not I, not I, but the wind that blows through me! A fine wind is blowing the new direction of Time. — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
and Venus among the fishes skips and is a she-dolphin she is the gay, delighted porpoise sporting with love and the sea she is… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
If I had my way, I would build a lethal chamber as big as the Crystal Palace, with a military band playing softly, and… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
Now it is autumn and the falling fruit and the long journey towards oblivion. The apples falling like great drops of dew to bruise… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority. — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
Reach me a gentian, give me a torch! Let me guide myself with the blue, forked torch of a flower down the darker and… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
The war is dreadful. It is the business of the artist to follow it home to the heart of the individual fighters - not… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
The nearer a conception comes towards finality, the nearer does the dynamic relation, out of which this concept has arisen, draw to a close.… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
If only we could live two lives: the first in which to make one's mistakes, and the second in which to profit by them. — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
They say geniuses mostly have great mothers. They mostly have sad fates. — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
