I can't do with mountains at close quarters - they are always in the way, and they are so stupid, never moving and never doing anything but obtrude themselves.
David Herbert Lawrence

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.
David Herbert Lawrence

Only in a novel are all things given full play.
David Herbert Lawrence

God doesn't know things. He is things.
David Herbert Lawrence

Don't be on the side of the angels, it's too lowering.
David Herbert Lawrence

People always make war when they say they love peace.
David Herbert Lawrence

The one woman who never gives herself is your free woman, who is always giving herself.
David Herbert Lawrence

Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.
David Herbert Lawrence