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

Quote by David Herbert Lawrence

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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....

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.

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...

It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must...

It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must...

The human being is a most curious creature. He thinks he has got one soul,...

The human being is a most curious creature. He thinks he has got one soul,...

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...

I hate the actor and audience business. An author should be in among the crowd,...

I hate the actor and audience business. An author should be in among the crowd,...

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...

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.

For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be...

For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be...

Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.

Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.

I believe that a man is converted when first he hears the low, vast murmur...

I believe that a man is converted when first he hears the low, vast murmur...

Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.

Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.

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...

Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.

Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.

The great living experience for every man is his adventure into the woman. The man...

The great living experience for every man is his adventure into the woman. The man...

You don't want to love - your eternal and abnormal craving is to be loved....

You don't want to love - your eternal and abnormal craving is to be loved....

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...

Europe's the mayonnaise, but America supplies the good old lobster.

Europe's the mayonnaise, but America supplies the good old lobster.

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...