Words of Wisdom: D. H. Lawrence

By Students' Academy

D. H. Lawrence's contribution to the world literature is immense. It is beyond any doubt that even today his short stories and novels keep their readers enthralled. He was a smithy who actually knew how to deal with human emotions, from happiness to depression to philosophic thought.

His precise diction and arrangement of sentences have inspired hundreds of writers, scholars, and students throughout the world. Several of his beautiful sentences, written in his books, have become very popular quotations.

How well he understood love and place of woman in human society can easily be understood from this beautiful sentence: “A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it.”

In the present collection we have included hundreds of such beautiful thoughts created by this great writer. They are not only full of wisdom but also very interesting and thought provoking.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Raja Sharma
• Release date: Mar 19, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311877055

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Words of Wisdom: D.H. Lawrence

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Introduction

D. H. Lawrence is considered as one of the most influential and most widely read novelists of the 20th century. He is also known for the letters that he wrote. His detailed range of emotions, from exhilaration to depression to his philosophic brooding leave the readers simply mesmerized.

His genius is reflected in his writings, which are full of witty remarks and ingenious sentences. Some of his famous sentences and statements have become very popular quotes. Very often, scholars and modern writers quote his lines in their speeches or works.

In this book we have included hundreds of such thoughts penned by D. H. Lawrence, which will definitely entertain and enlighten the prospective readers.

Section One

A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it.

For my part, I prefer my heart to be broken. It is so lovely, dawn-kaleidoscopic within the crack.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot.

Perhaps only people who are capable of real togetherness have that look of being alone in the universe. The others have a certain stickiness, they stick to the mass.

I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.

"All people dream, but not equally.

Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their mind, wake in the morning to find that it was vanity. But the dreamers of the day are dangerous people, For they dream their dreams with open eyes,