"Not every book should be a compass. Some……" — DH Lawrence

"Not every book should be a compass. Some should be a pair of wax wings to soar and escape, if only for a brief time."

— DH Lawrence

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25 Quotes by DH Lawrence

DH Lawrence has 25 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I am in love - and, my God, it's the greatest thing that can happen to a man. I tell…
I would have loved it - without the French
Literary criticism can be no more than a reasoned account of the feeling produced upon the critic by the book…
It was cold, and he was coughing. A fine cold draught blew over the knoll. He thought of the woman.…
For what is the beloved? She is that which I myself am not. In the act of love, I am…
In the ancient recipe, the three antidotes for dullness or boredom are sleep, drink, and travel. It is rather feeble.…
It's all this cold-hearted fucking that is death and idiocy.
And down his mouth comes to my mouth! and down His bright dark eyes come over me, like a hood…
Naught is possessed, neither gold, nor land nor love, nor life, nor peace, nor even sorrow nor death, nor yet…
I cannot be a materialist -- but Oh, how is it possible that a God who speaks to all hearts…
I used to think a good book was the best company, but now Ive thought better.
One sheds one's sicknesses in books--repeats and presents again one's emotions, to be master of them.One sheds one's sicknesses in…

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More Book Quotes

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I'm not a comic book guy at all. — Darren Aronofsky
I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is… — Isaac Asimov
I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was,… — Sean Astin
The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except… — David Attenborough
I have a big following among the biogeeks of this world. Nobody ever puts them in books. — Margaret Atwood
Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it. — Margaret Atwood
Writers and books are cheap dates, especially when you compare the cost of a book with a ticket to the… — Margaret Atwood
Our generation in the west was lucky: we had readymade gateways. We had books, paper, teachers, schools and libraries. But… — Margaret Atwood

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