“He had reached the point where all he wanted on earth was to be alone.”
― Lady Chatterley’s Lover
― Lady Chatterley’s Lover
“Every man who is acutely alive is acutely wrestling his own soul.”
― Women in love
― Women in love
“Out of my nature has come wild despair; an abandonment to grief that was piteous even to look at; terrible and impotent rage; bitterness and scorn; anguish that wept aloud; misery that could find no voice; sorrow that was dumb. I have passed through every possible mood of suffering. Better than Wordsworth himself I know what Wordsworth meant when he said—‘Suffering is permanent, obscure, and dark
And has the nature of infinity.”
― De Profundis
And has the nature of infinity.”
― De Profundis
“The very violence of a revolution may make the public grand and splendid for a moment. It was a fatal day when the public discovered that the pen is mightier than the paving-stone, and can be made as offensive as the brickbat.”
― The Soul of Man under Socialism
― The Soul of Man under Socialism
“Mother used to say that however miserable one is, there’s always something to be thankful for. And each morning, when the sky brightened and light began to flood my cell, I agreed with her.”
― The Stranger
― The Stranger
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