I can't bear art that you can walk round and admire. A book should be either a bandit or a rebel or a man in the crowd.

Quote by DH Lawrence

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The horse, the horse! The symbol of surging potency and power of movement, of action.

The horse, the horse! The symbol of surging potency and power of movement, of action.

The more scholastically educated a man is generally, the more he is an emotional boor.

The more scholastically educated a man is generally, the more he is an emotional boor.

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

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

One must learn to love, and go through a good deal of suffering to get...

One must learn to love, and go through a good deal of suffering to get...

I want to live my life so that my nights are not full of regrets.

I want to live my life so that my nights are not full of regrets.

Death is the only pure, beautiful conclusion of a great passion.

Death is the only pure, beautiful conclusion of a great passion.

I am in love - and, my God, it is the greatest thing that can...

I am in love - and, my God, it is the greatest thing that can...

Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically.

Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically.

Men are free when they are in a living homeland, not when they are straying...

Men are free when they are in a living homeland, not when they are straying...

The cruelest thing a man can do to a woman is to portray her as...

The cruelest thing a man can do to a woman is to portray her as...

The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.

The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.

Not every book should be a compass. Some should be a pair of wax wings...

Not every book should be a compass. Some should be a pair of wax wings...

People always make war when they say they love peace

People always make war when they say they love peace

Art-speech is the only truth. An artist is usually a damned liar, but his art,...

Art-speech is the only truth. An artist is usually a damned liar, but his art,...

In the ancient recipe, the three antidotes for dullness or boredom are sleep, drink, and...

In the ancient recipe, the three antidotes for dullness or boredom are sleep, drink, and...

It ought to be lovely to be old, To be full of the peace that...

It ought to be lovely to be old, To be full of the peace that...

The tragedy is when you've got sex in the head instead of down where it...

The tragedy is when you've got sex in the head instead of down where it...

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

Your coffin reached the monstrous hole. And a part of me went down into the...

Your coffin reached the monstrous hole. And a part of me went down into the...

The pomp of funerals has more regard to the vanity of the living than the...

The pomp of funerals has more regard to the vanity of the living than the...

It is easier to be human than to be a human being.

It is easier to be human than to be a human being.