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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The business of art is to reveal the relation between man and his environment

The business of art is to reveal the relation between man and his environment

Evil, what is evil? There is only one evil, to deny life As Rome denied...

Evil, what is evil? There is only one evil, to deny life As Rome denied...

The chief thing about a woman -- who is much of a woman -- is...

The chief thing about a woman -- who is much of a woman -- is...

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.

Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means

Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means

I used to think a good book was the best company, but now Ive thought...

I used to think a good book was the best company, but now Ive thought...

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...

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 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...

Literary criticism can be no more than a reasoned account of the feeling produced upon...

Literary criticism can be no more than a reasoned account of the feeling produced upon...

It was cold, and he was coughing. A fine cold draught blew over the knoll....

It was cold, and he was coughing. A fine cold draught blew over the knoll....

The human consciousness is really homogeneous. There is no complete forgetting, even in death.

The human consciousness is really homogeneous. There is no complete forgetting, even in death.

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

Temperance: Eat and carouse with Bacchus, or munch dry bread with Jesus, but don't sit...

Temperance: Eat and carouse with Bacchus, or munch dry bread with Jesus, but don't sit...

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...

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...

We all need the freedom to die noble in a life that has been unworthy...

We all need the freedom to die noble in a life that has been unworthy...

In the midst of life we are in death.

In the midst of life we are in death.

I know one day I'll turn the corner and I won't be ready for it.

I know one day I'll turn the corner and I won't be ready for it.