D. H. Lawrence Quotes

People can be slave-ships in shoes.

Some people try to get you out of slavery for you to be their slave.

I was one of the many horses pulling the wagon and couldn't escape left or right because of the will of the driver.

You carry forever the fingerprint that comes from being under someone's thumb.

A man is the prisoner of his power.

Once a person insists on how you are to think he immediately begins to insist on how you are to behave.

To be given dominion over another is a hard thing; to wrest dominion over another is a wrong thing; to give dominion of yourself to another is a wicked thing.

The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master.

Arriane sized her up, tapping one finger against her lips. "Perfect," she said, stepping forward to loop her arm through Luce's. "I was just thinking I could really use a new slave.

The prostitutes worked for a pimp now. He was splendid and cruel. He was a god to them. He took their free will away from them, which was perfectly all right. They didn't want it anyway. It was as though they had surrendered themselves to Jesus, for instance, so they could live unselfishly and trustingly-except that they had surrendered to a pimp instead.

There are a few men whom slavery holds fast, but there are many more who hold fast to slavery.

Sex, drugs, money, power etc. Just because you get to choose your master doesn't mean you aren't a slave.

For the power of Man to make himself what he pleases means... the power of some men to make other men what THEY please.

Every man is a prisoner, and the greatest irony of all is to be the prisoner of another man.

Servitude seizes on few, but many seize on her.

I call the discourse of power any discourse that engenders blame, hence guilt, in its recipient.

Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie.

Give a man a free hand and he'll try to put it all over you.

The concept of power we admire is power over someone else.

Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune.

The individual's desire to dominate his environment is not a desirable trait in a society which every day grows more and more confining.

Fear is something I instill in other people, mostly young girls.

Slavery takes hold of few, but many take hold of slavery.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

There's always been a man telling me what to do.