All D. H. Lawrence Quotes
- The word arse is as much god as the word face. It must be so, otherwise you cut off your god at the waist. Arse
- And to my lips’ Bright crimson rim The passion slips, And down my slim White body drips The shining hymn... Body
- How sure I feel, how warm and strong and happy For the future! How sure the future is within me; I am like a seed… Enclosed
- That's it! When you come to know men, that's how they are: too sensitive in the wrong place. Humankind
- The reaction to any word may be, in an individual, either a mob-reaction or an individual reaction. It is up to the individual to ask… Any
- It always seemed to me that men wore their beards, like they wear their neckties, for show. Always Seemed
- It is no good casting out devils. They belong to us, we must accept them and be at peace with them. Accept
- I think societal instinct much deeper than sex instinct — and societal repression much more devastating. Deeper
- You can have your cake and eat it. But my God, it will go rotten inside you. Cake
- It grew late. Through the open door, stealthily, came the scent of madonna lilies, almost as if it were prowling abroad. Abroad
- Eat and carouse with Bacchus, or munch dry bread with Jesus, but don't sit down without one of the gods. Bacchus
- America does to me what I knew it would do: it just bumps me. The people charge at you like trucks coming down on you… America
- Literature is a toil and a snare, a curse that bites deep. Art
- You must drop all your democracy. You must not believe in ''the people.'' One class is no better than another. It must be a case… All
- We make a mistake forsaking England and moving out into the periphery of life. After all, Taormina, Ceylon, Africa, America -- as far as we… Africa
- I am sure no other civilization, not even the Romans, has showed such a vast proportion of ignominious and degraded nudity, and ugly, squalid dirty… Civilization
- Since obscenity is the truth of our passion today, it is the only stuff of art -- or almost the only stuff. Art
- Behold then Septimus Dodge returning to Dodge-town victorious. Not crowned with laurel, it is true, but wreathed in lists of things he has seen and… Behold
- The one woman who never gives herself is your free woman, who is always giving herself. Always Giving
- No absolute is going to make the lion lie down with the lamb: unless the lamb is inside. Absolute
- The pyramids of Egypt will not last a moment compared to the daisy. Architecture
- In the dust where we have buried the silent races and their abominations we have buried so much of the delicate magic of life. Abomination
- Why doesn't the past decently bury itself, instead of sitting waiting to be admired by the present? Admired
- Truth does not lie beyond humanity, but is one of the products of the human mind and feeling. Beyond
- Only at his maximum does an individual surpass all his derivative elements, and become purely himself. And most people never get there. In his own… All