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I rather like mysteries. But I do dislike muddles. ↗

— David Lean

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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

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I hate the actor and audience business. An author should be in among the crowd, kicking their shins or cheering them on to some mischief or merriment. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

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I hold that the parentheses are by far the most important parts of a non-business letter. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

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Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

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Men and women should stay apart, till their hearts grow gentle towards one another again. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

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My God, these folks don't know how to love - that's why they love so easily. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

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The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

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The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it. My beliefs I test on my body, on my intuitional consciousness, and when I get a response there, then I accept. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

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We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

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