My God, these folks don't know how to love - that's why they love so easily.

Quote by David Herbert Lawrence

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Don't be on the side of the angels, it's too lowering.

Don't be on the side of the angels, it's too lowering.

All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are...

All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are...

Men are freest when they are most unconscious of freedom. The shout is a rattling...

Men are freest when they are most unconscious of freedom. The shout is a rattling...

The Christian fear of the pagan outlook has damaged the whole consciousness of man.

The Christian fear of the pagan outlook has damaged the whole consciousness of man.

It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral.

It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral.

Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.

Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.

You don't want to love - your eternal and abnormal craving is to be loved....

You don't want to love - your eternal and abnormal craving is to be loved....

Literature is a toil and a snare, a curse that bites deep.

Literature is a toil and a snare, a curse that bites deep.

I shall be glad when you have strangled the invincible respectability that dogs your steps.

I shall be glad when you have strangled the invincible respectability that dogs your steps.

I can never decide whether my dreams are the result of my thoughts, or my...

I can never decide whether my dreams are the result of my thoughts, or my...

Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to...

Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to...

California is a queer place in a way, it has turned its back on the...

California is a queer place in a way, it has turned its back on the...

We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority.

We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority.

Sex and beauty are inseparable, like life and consciousness. And the intelligence which goes with...

Sex and beauty are inseparable, like life and consciousness. And the intelligence which goes with...

Only in a novel are all things given full play.

Only in a novel are all things given full play.

Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.

Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.

It is so much more difficult to live with one's body than with one's soul....

It is so much more difficult to live with one's body than with one's soul....

How beautiful maleness is, if it finds its right expression.

How beautiful maleness is, if it finds its right expression.

I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze.

I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze.

The day of the absolute is over, and we're in for the strange gods once...

The day of the absolute is over, and we're in for the strange gods once...