"Melville had to fight, fight against the existing……" — D. H. Lawrence
"Melville had to fight, fight against the existing world, against his own very self. Only he would never quite put the knife in the heart of his paradisal ideal. Somehow, somewhere, somewhen, love should be a fulfillment, and life should be a thing of bliss. That was his fixed ideal. Fata Morgana. That was the pin he tortured himself on, like a pinned-down butterfly."
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D. H. Lawrence
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441 Quotes by D. H. Lawrence
D. H. Lawrence has 441 quotes on this site.
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She is my first, great love. She was a wonderful, rare woman - you do not know; as strong, and…
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And if tonight my soul may find her peace in sleep, and sink in good oblivion, and in the morning…
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I cannot cure myself of that most woeful of youth's follies - thinking that those who care about us will…
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Men always do leave off really thinking, when the last bit of wild animal dies in them.
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Never trust the teller, trust the tale.
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But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out…
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Brute force crushes many plants. Yet the plants rise again. The Pyramids will not last a moment compared with the…
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And what's romance? Usually, a nice little tale where you have everything As You Like It, where rain never wets…
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They say the sea is cold, but the sea contains the hottest blood of all, and the wildest, the most…
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That which one cannot experience in daily life is not true for oneself.
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Freedom is a very great reality, but it means above all things, freedom from lies.
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Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and…
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Live with integrity, respect the rights of other people, and follow your own bliss.
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Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!
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Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.
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I was quite able at the insignificant work I did in MI6, but absolutely dysfunctional in my domestic life. I…
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Nothing is more important than reconnecting with your bliss. Nothing is as rich. Nothing is more real.
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It is the nature of babies to be in bliss.
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Mother's love is bliss, is peace, it need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. If it is there,…
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That we may merge into the deep and dazzling darkness, vanish into it, dissolve in it forever in an unbelievable…
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Nothing will ever equal that moment of joyous excitement which filled my whole being when I felt myself flying away…
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All that in this delightful garden grows should happy be and have immortal bliss.
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Father is the existence out of which everything comes; Son is that knowledge. It is in Christ that God will…
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