"If I had my way, I would build a lethal chamber as big as the Crystal Palace, with a military band playing softly, and a Cinematograph working brightly; then I'd go out in the back streets and main streets and bring them in, all the sick, the halt, and the maimed; I would lead them gently, and they would smile me a weary thanks; and the band would softly bubble out the 'Hallelujah Chorus'."

-- D. H. Lawrence

#Military Quotes #Sick Quotes #Way Quotes

“I am in the interesting position of being sometimes skimmed by the critics and called literature and sometimes called historical fiction.”
“Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.”

Source : A Treatise upon Human Nature bk. 2 (1739)
“Landon Loucas Maxfield was asleep on his sofa. With me.”
“It's a racket. Those stock market guys are crooked.”
“A story - with a message about praising what have rather than criticizing what haven't: There are some people who knock the pyramids because they don't have elevators!!!”
“The chief difference between me and others is that I have plenty of time not only because I am without a multitude of responsibilities and without daily tasks, which demand attention: But also because I am basically without ambition. Neither the present nor the future has claims on me.”
“On the 8th day, God created Mankind. Why was he having such a bad day? Why did he create all of you normal... but forget so many important parts of me?”
“People say I don't write books, I make Christmas presents.”

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