Nothing that comes from the deep, passional soul is bad, or can be bad.

Quote by David Herbert Lawrence

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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...

Do not allow to slip away from you freedoms the people who came before you...

Do not allow to slip away from you freedoms the people who came before you...

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.

The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is...

The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is...

Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.

Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.

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.

Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.

Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.

I cannot cure myself of that most woeful of youth's follies - thinking that those...

I cannot cure myself of that most woeful of youth's follies - thinking that those...

I can't do with mountains at close quarters - they are always in the way,...

I can't do with mountains at close quarters - they are always in the way,...

For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be...

For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be...

The American grips himself, at the very sources of his consciousness, in a grip of...

The American grips himself, at the very sources of his consciousness, in a grip of...

God doesn't know things. He is things.

God doesn't know things. He is things.

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.

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....

People always make war when they say they love peace.

People always make war when they say they love peace.

One can no longer live with people: it is too hideous and nauseating. Owners and...

One can no longer live with people: it is too hideous and nauseating. Owners and...

One sheds one's sicknesses in books - repeats and presents again one's emotions, to be...

One sheds one's sicknesses in books - repeats and presents again one's emotions, to be...

The Moon! Artemis! the great goddess of the splendid past of men! Are you going...

The Moon! Artemis! the great goddess of the splendid past of men! Are you going...

Oh literature, oh the glorious Art, how it preys upon the marrow in our bones....

Oh literature, oh the glorious Art, how it preys upon the marrow in our bones....

Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.

Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.