D. H. Lawrence

The American grips himself, at the very sources of his consciousness, in a grip of care: and then, to so much of the rest of life, is indifferent. Whereas, the European hasn't got so much care in him, so he cares much more for life and living. ”

Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description. ”

We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority. ”

I can never decide whether my dreams are the result of my thoughts, or my thoughts the result of my dreams. ”

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. ”

The business of art is to reveal the relation between man and his environment. ”

I hold that the parentheses are by far the most important parts of a non-business letter. ”

I hate the actor and audience business. An author should be in among the crowd, kicking their shins or cheering them on to some mischief or merriment. ”

It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must have had a sinister sense of humor, creating him a reasonable being, yet forcing him to take this ridiculous posture, and driving him with blind craving for this ridiculous performance. ”

Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means. ”