D. H. Lawrence Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“The war is dreadful. It is the business of the artist to follow it home to the heart of the individual fighters - not to talk in armies and nations and numbers - but to track it home.”

“California is a queer place in a way, it has turned its back on the world, and looks into the void Pacific. It is absolutely selfish, very empty, but not false, and at least, not full of false effort.”

“Do not allow to slip away from you freedoms the people who came before you won with such hard knocks.”

“The Christian fear of the pagan outlook has damaged the whole consciousness of man.”

“There is no such thing as liberty. You only change one sort of domination for another. All we can do is to choose our master.”

“Consciousness is an end in itself. We torture ourselves getting somewhere, and when we get there it is nowhere, for there is nowhere to get to.”

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

“Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.”

“Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.”

“If a woman hasn't got a tiny streak of harlot in her, she's a dry stick as a rule.”