Laurence Housman

I believe absolutely in love being the central motive force of the universe. ↗

— Laurence Housman

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If I loved all the world as I do you, I shouldn't write books to it: I should only write letters to it, and that would be only a clumsy stage on the way to entire telepathy. ↗

— Laurence Housman

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For the last half of my life I have had the doubtful benefit of a brother whose literary reputation is much greater than my own. ↗

— Laurence Housman

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I had never thought of myself as a dramatist, and, for really good technical results, the thought came too late: a man of letters has become too wordy to write economically for the stage. ↗

— Laurence Housman

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I have always been a writer of letters, and of long ones; so, when I first thought of writing a book in the form of letters, I knew that I could do it quickly and easily. ↗

— Laurence Housman

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I shall not die young, for I am already near seventy: I may die old. ↗

— Laurence Housman

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I still think that if the human race, or even one nation, could only get right about its God the rest would follow. ↗

— Laurence Housman

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If I live for another ten years I shall probably have written all that I want to write. ↗

— Laurence Housman

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It is right and natural that generous minds while in the twenties should think the books which try to reform the world's wrong the greatest of all. ↗

— Laurence Housman

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It is the sincerest thing I have written, caught by the drama of a soul struggling in the contrary toils of love and religion - death brought them into harmony. ↗

— Laurence Housman

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