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.

Quote by DH Lawrence

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

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

One's action ought to come out of an achieved stillness: not to be a mere...

One's action ought to come out of an achieved stillness: not to be a mere...

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...

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what...

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what...

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...

A man has no religion who has not slowly and painfully gathered one together, adding...

A man has no religion who has not slowly and painfully gathered one together, adding...

But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions.

But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what...

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what...

Creation destroys as it goes, throws down one tree for the rise of another. But...

Creation destroys as it goes, throws down one tree for the rise of another. But...

A man has no religion who has not slowly and painfully gathered one together, adding...

A man has no religion who has not slowly and painfully gathered one together, adding...

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

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

Perhaps only those people who are capable of real togetherness have that look of being...

Perhaps only those people who are capable of real togetherness have that look of being...

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

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 hold that the parentheses are by far the most important parts of a non-business...

I hold that the parentheses are by far the most important parts of a non-business...

The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.

The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.

We don't exist unless we are deeply and sensually in touch with that which can...

We don't exist unless we are deeply and sensually in touch with that which can...

Shotgunning anybody in this room would be the moral equivalent of killing a car, a...

Shotgunning anybody in this room would be the moral equivalent of killing a car, a...

Shotgunning anybody in this room would be the moral equivalent of killing a car, a...

Shotgunning anybody in this room would be the moral equivalent of killing a car, a...