Only in a novel are all things given full play.

Quote by David Herbert Lawrence

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So long as you don't feel life's paltry and a miserable business, the rest doesn't...

So long as you don't feel life's paltry and a miserable business, the rest doesn't...

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.

The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than...

The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than...

All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are...

All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are...

One could laugh at the world better if it didn't mix tender kindliness with its...

One could laugh at the world better if it didn't mix tender kindliness with its...

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...

California is a queer place in a way, it has turned its back on the...

California is a queer place in a way, it has turned its back on the...

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.

When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere.

When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere.

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.

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...

The novel is the highest form of human expression so far attained. Why? Because it...

The novel is the highest form of human expression so far attained. Why? Because it...

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...

Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.

Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.

The proper study of mankind is man in his relation to his deity.

The proper study of mankind is man in his relation to his deity.

Literature is a toil and a snare, a curse that bites deep.

Literature is a toil and a snare, a curse that bites deep.

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.

The great mass of humanity should never learn to read or write.

The great mass of humanity should never learn to read or write.

The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A...

The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A...

Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.

Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.