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

Quote by David Herbert Lawrence

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All vital truth contains the memory of all that for which it is not true.

All vital truth contains the memory of all that for which it is not true.

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....

The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.

The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.

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...

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...

Only in a novel are all things given full play.

Only in a novel are all things given full play.

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...

It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to...

It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to...

Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as...

Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as...

My whole working philosophy is that the only stable happiness for mankind is that it...

My whole working philosophy is that the only stable happiness for mankind is that it...

Men always do leave off really thinking, when the last bit of wild animal dies...

Men always do leave off really thinking, when the last bit of wild animal dies...

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

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

Sentimentalism is the working off on yourself of feelings you haven't really got.

Sentimentalism is the working off on yourself of feelings you haven't really got.

Design in art, is a recognition of the relation between various things, various elements in...

Design in art, is a recognition of the relation between various things, various elements in...

Ours is an excessively conscious age. We know so much, we feel so little.

Ours is an excessively conscious age. We know so much, we feel so little.

If a woman hasn't got a tiny streak of harlot in her, she's a dry...

If a woman hasn't got a tiny streak of harlot in her, she's a dry...

Consciousness is an end in itself. We torture ourselves getting somewhere, and when we get...

Consciousness is an end in itself. We torture ourselves getting somewhere, and when we get...

Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.

Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.

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...

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

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