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“At the back of my life's horizon, where the dreamings of past lives crowd.”

Book:Delphi Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)

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Delphi Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)

This illustrated edition brings together a selection of D.H. Lawrence's most celebrated writings, offering readers a visual and literary exploration of his work. more

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D. H. Lawrence

D. H. Lawrence was an English novelist and poet, born on September 11, 1885, and died on March 2, 1930. He is recognized for his distinctive prose style and his exploration of complex human relationships, particularly in the context of modernity and industrialization. His works often deal with themes of love, sex, and the struggle for individuality. more

“The more I think of a people calmly developing, in regions excluded from our sight and deemed uninhabitable by our sages, powers surpassing our most disciplined modes of force, and virtues to which our life, social and political, becomes antagonistic in proportion as our civilisation advances - the more devoutly I pray that ages may yet elapse before there emerge into sunlight our inevitable destroyers.”

“Paris is always a good idea.”

Inspirational Ideas Travel Paris Good Ideas Brilliant Ideas

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“The darkness grew apace; a cold wind began to blow in freshening gusts from the east, and the showering white flakes in the air increased in number. From the edge of the sea came a ripple and whisper. Beyond these lifeless sounds the world was silent. Silent? It would be hard to convey the stillness of it. All the sounds of man, the bleating of sheep, the cries of birds, the hum of insects, the stir that makes the background of our lives - all that was over.”

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“How small the vastest of human catastrophes may seem, at a distance of a few million miles.”

Humans May Seems Millions Distance Miles Catastrophe Apocalypse

Book:The Door in the Wall: H. G. Wells Collections

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“I felt the first inkling of a thing that presently grew quite clear in my mind, that oppressed me for many days, a sense of dethronement, a persuasion that I was no longer a master, but an animal among the animals, under the Martian heel.With us it would be as with them, to lurk and watch, to run and hide; the fear and empire of man had passed away.”