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How ravished one could be without ever being touched. Ravished by dead words become obscene and dead ideas become obsessions.

D. H. Lawrence

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D. H. Lawrence
Age: 45 †
Born: 1885
Born: January 1
Died: 1930
Died: January 1
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The great mass of humanity should never learn to read or write.
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