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

Quote by David Herbert Lawrence

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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...

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...

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...

The American grips himself, at the very sources of his consciousness, in a grip of...

The American grips himself, at the very sources of his consciousness, in a grip of...

Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.

Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.

Men are freest when they are most unconscious of freedom. The shout is a rattling...

Men are freest when they are most unconscious of freedom. The shout is a rattling...

Oh literature, oh the glorious Art, how it preys upon the marrow in our bones....

Oh literature, oh the glorious Art, how it preys upon the marrow in our bones....

Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is...

Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is...

My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than...

My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than...

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.

People always make war when they say they love peace.

People always make war when they say they love peace.

I shall be glad when you have strangled the invincible respectability that dogs your steps.

I shall be glad when you have strangled the invincible respectability that dogs your steps.

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 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 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.

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...

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 never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen...

I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen...

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...

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.