How ravished one could be without ever being touched. Ravished by dead words become obscene and dead ideas become obsessions.
D. H. LawrenceOnly this shimmeriness is the real living. The shape is a dead crust. The shimmer is inside really.
D. H. LawrenceIf a novel reveals true and vivid relationships, it is a moral work, no matter what the relationships consist in. If the novelisthonours the relationship in itself, it will be a great novel.
D. H. Lawrence