D. H. Lawrence Quotes


Mr Hemingway does it extremely well. Nothing matters. Everything happens. One wants to keep oneself loose. Avoid one thing only: gettng connected up. Don't get connected up. If you get held by anything, break it. Don't be held. Break it, and get away. Don't get away with the idea of getting somewhere else. Just get away, for the sake of getting away. Beat it! "Well, boy, I guess I'll beat it." Ah, the pleasure in saying that


Citations

Lawrence, D. H. "Review of In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway." The Calendar of Modern Letters, 1927. Reprinted in Phoenix: The Posthumous Papers of D. H. Lawrence, Viking Press, 1936.

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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.