My whole working philosophy is that the only stable happiness for mankind is that it shall live married in blessed union to woman-kind - intimacy, physical and psychical between a man and his wife. I wish to add that my state of bliss is by no means perfect.
From D. H. Lawrence
But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions.
I can't bear art that you can walk round and admire. A book should be either a bandit or a rebel or a man in the crowd.
Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as leave give her kiss to an absurdity any day, as to syllogistic truth. The absurdity may turn out truer.
One must learn to love, and go through a good deal of suffering to get to it... and the journey is always towards the other soul.
The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a finer morality for a grosser one.
The world of men is dreaming, it has gone mad in its sleep, and a snake is strangling it, but it can't wake up.
There's always the hyena of morality at the garden gate, and the real wolf at the end of the street.
I can never decide whether my dreams are the result of my thoughts, or my thoughts the result of my dreams.
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