In so doing it explores how lovers subvert and are constrained by social taboos, as in Maurice’s engagement to Paula, a Polish refugee. “Love among the Haystacks” is typical of the early fiction in that for both brothers “the whole feminine sex ha been represented by their mother” (89), and the story tells how such oedipal bonds are broken. Indeed, the story is drawn upon again in The Rainbow as Will and Anna “consummate” their love after making a new “stook” one night during the corn harvest. The language of the consummations is handled with the delicate metaphorical suggestion characteristic of Lawrence’s early writing. 'Do not allow to slip away from you freedoms the people who came before you won with such hard knocks.The plot centers on the sibling rivalry between Maurice and Geoffrey Wookey and their respective sexual initiations the night after the hay harvest.

'Money poisons you when you've got it, and starves you when you haven't.' 15. 'Be still when you have nothing to say when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot.' 14.

'Those that go searching for love only make manifest their own lovelessness, and the loveless never find love, only the loving find love, and they never have to seek for it.' 13. 'Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.' 12. 'Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.' 11.

The proper function of a critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.' 10. On Separating an Artist from His or Her Art 'For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly alive.' 9. 'We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free from their authority.' 8. 'I can never decide whether my dreams are the result of my thoughts, or my thoughts the result of my dreams.' 7. 'I hold that the parentheses are by far the most important parts of a non-business letter.' 6. 'When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere.' 5. 'The cruelest thing a man can do to a woman is to portray her as perfection.' 4. 'Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.' 3. 'The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.' 2. Here are 15 memorable quotes from the famously controversial author. Lawrence is widely considered one of the 20th century’s most influential writers.īut Lawrence was much more than a novelist: He was also a prolific playwright, poet, literary critic, and painter. Though he courted controversy throughout most of his life and career, particularly following the publishing of 1928’s Lady Chatterley's Lover-which, due to its erotic content, was banned in America until 1959-today, D.H.

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