All hopes of eternity and all gain from the past he would have given to have her there, to be wrapped warm with him in one blanket, and sleep, only sleep. It seemed the sleep with the woman in his arms was the only necessity.
D. H. LAWRENCEAll that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets,unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing.
More D. H. Lawrence Quotes
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Be a good animal,true to your instincts.
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She was always waiting, it seemed to be her forte.
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As we all know, too much of any divine thing is destruction
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Sleep is still most perfect, in spite of hygienists, when it is shared with a beloved.
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Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.
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That’s the place to get to – nowhere. One wants to wander away from the world’s somewheres, into our own nowhere.
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Love is never a fulfillment. Life is never a thing of continuous bliss. There is no paradise. Fight and laugh and feel bitter and feel bliss: and fight again. Fight, fight. That is life.
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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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For to desire is better than to possess, the finality of the end was dreaded as deeply as it was desired.
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Sometimes life takes hold of one, carries the body along, accomplishes one’s history, and yet is not real, but leaves oneself as it were slurred over.
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You can’t insure against the future, except by really believing in the best bit of you, and in the power beyond it.
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I want to live my life so that my nights are not full of regrets.
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But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions.
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Now go away then, and leave me alone. I don’t want any more of your meretricious persiflage.
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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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