She was not herself–she was not anything. She was something that is going to be–soon–soon–very soon. But as yet, she was only imminent.
D. H. LAWRENCEA little morphine in all the air. It would be wonderfully refreshing for everyone.
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The only rule is, do what you really, impulsively, wish to do. But always act on your own responsibility, sincerely. And have the courage of your own strong emotion.
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I fear my enthusiasm flags when real work is demanded of me.
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I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze.
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The human being is a most curious creature. He thinks he has got one soul, and he has got dozens.
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Used to all kinds of society, she watched people as one reads the pages of a novel, with a certain disinterested amusement.
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Recklessness is almost a man’s revenge on his woman.
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How she hated words, always coming between her and her life: they did the ravishing, if anything did: ready-made words and phrases, sucking all the live-sap out of living things.
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It’s not art for art’s sake, it’s art for my sake.
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Sleep is still most perfect, in spite of hygienists, when it is shared with a beloved.
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Their words were only accidents in the mutual silence.
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I don’t want the corpses of flowers about me.
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I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.
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She would have thought a woman would have died of shame. Instead of which, the shame died.
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He knew that conscience was chiefly fear of society or fear of oneself.
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If you could only tell them that living and spending isn’t the same thing! But it’s no good. If only they were educated to live instead of earn and spend, they could manage very happily.
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