D. H. Lawrence Quotes


Most men have a deadness in them that frightens me so because of my own deadness. Why can't men get their life straight, like St.Mawr, and then think? Why can't they think quick, mother: quick as a woman: only farther than we do?


Citations

Lawrence, D. H. St. Mawr and The Major's Daughter. Martin Secker, 1925, p. 55.

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D. H. Lawrence
D. H. Lawrence
  • Born: September 11, 1885
  • Died: March 2, 1930
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Novelist, Poet

David Herbert Lawrence was an English writer and poet. His collected works represent, among other things, an extended reflection upon the dehumanising effects of modernity and industrialisation. Lawrence's writing explores issues such as sexuality, emotional health, vitality, spontaneity, and instinct. His works include Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow, Women in Love, and Lady Chatterley's Lover.