Author: Laurence Housman

Quotes

The modern form of things had begun to appeal to me, also (as material for satire) politics, and the lives of the great and little, high up in the social scale.

The modern form of things had begun to appeal to me, also (as material for satire) politics, and the lives of the great and little, high up in the social scale.

- Laurence Housman

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

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

- Laurence Housman

Life is the most versatile thing under the sun; and in the pursuit of life and character the author who works in a groove works in blinkers.

Life is the most versatile thing under the sun; and in the pursuit of life and character the author who works in a groove works in blinkers.

- Laurence Housman

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.

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

That was luck: I should not then have been a conscientious objector; but I am quite sure that the abominations of war would have made me one, as soon as I got to the front.

That was luck: I should not then have been a conscientious objector; but I am quite sure that the abominations of war would have made me one, as soon as I got to the front.

- Laurence Housman

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.

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

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

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

It was then, I think, that I discovered that the best way of bringing a medieval subject home to my generation was not to be medieval in its treatment.

It was then, I think, that I discovered that the best way of bringing a medieval subject home to my generation was not to be medieval in its treatment.

- Laurence Housman

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