966 Quotes by D. H. Lawrence

The novel is the highest example of subtle interrelatedness that man has discovered.

That's it! When you come to know men, that's how they are: too sensitive in the wrong place.

She had borne so long this cruelty of belonging to him and not being claimed by him.

Sacred love is selfless, seeking not its own. The lover serves his beloved and seeks perfect communion of oneness with her.

What's that as flies without wings, your ladyship? Time! Time!

Whether I get on in the world is a question; but I certainly don't get on very well with the world.

But I like the feel of men on things, while they're alive. There's a feel of men about trucks, because they've been handled with men's hands, all of them.

That's how women are with me " said Paul. "They want me like mad but they don't want to belong to me.

I love Italian opera - it's so reckless. Damn Wagner, and his bellowings at Fate and death. Damn Debussy, and his averted face. I like the Italians who run all on impulse, and don't care about their immortal souls, and don't worry about the ultimate.