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D. H. Lawrence

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David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter who published as D. H. Lawrence. His collected works represent an extended reflection upon the dehumanising effects of modernity and industrialisation. In them, Lawrence confronts issues relating to emotional health and vitality, spontaneity, and instinct.


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Quote Left The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind. Quote Right
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Quote Left 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. Quote Right
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Quote Left The great living experience for every man is his adventure into the woman. The man embraces in the woman all that is not himself, and from that one resultant, from that embrace, comes every new action. Quote Right
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Quote Left Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar. Quote Right
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Quote Left All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are in touch with that which laughs at all our knowing. Quote Right
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Book: Reflection on the Important Things