For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly alive.
D. H. LawrenceIt is marriage, perhaps, which had given man the best of his freedom, given him his little kingdom of his own within the big kingdom of the state.... It is a true freedom because it is a true fulfilment, for man, woman and children. Do we then want to break marriage? If we do break it, it means we all fall to a far greater extent under the direct sway of the State.
D. H. LawrenceAll 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. LawrenceWhen I read Shakespeare I am struck with wonder that such trivial people should muse and thunder in such lovely language.
D. H. Lawrence