Quotes by Lawrence, D. H.

The world of men is dreaming, it has gone mad in its sleep, and a snak >>

Towns oftener swamp one than carry one out onto the big ocean of life. >>

I shall be glad when you have strangled the invincible respectability >>

Quotations about Institutions

What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what is a th >>

If you're treated a certain way you become a certain kind of person. I >>

An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man. >>

Why has mankind had such a craving to be imposed upon? Why this lust after imposing creeds, imposing deeds, imposing buildings, imposing language, imposing works of art? The thing becomes an imposition and a weariness at last. Give us things that are alive and flexible, which won't last too long and become an obstruction and a weariness. Even Michelangelo becomes at last a lump and a burden and a bore. It is so hard to see past him.

Lawrence, D. H.