Quotes by Lawrence, D. H.

But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's >>

One sheds one's sicknesses in books -- repeats and presents again one' >>

Why has mankind had such a craving to be imposed upon? Why this lust a >>

Quotations about Adulthood

One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowshi >>

I believe a man is born first unto himself --for the happy developing >>

In my case, adulthood itself was not an advance, although it was a use >>

I believe a man is born first unto himself --for the happy developing of himself, while the world is a nursery, and the pretty things are to be snatched for, and pleasant things tasted; some people seem to exist thus right to the end. But most are born again on entering manhood; then they are born to humanity, to a consciousness of all the laughing, and the never-ceasing murmur of pain and sorrow that comes from the terrible multitudes of brothers.

Lawrence, D. H.