Why, oh why must one grow up, why must one inherit this heavy, numbing responsibility of living an undiscovered life? Out of the nothingness and the undifferentiated mass, to make something of herself! But what? In the obscurity and pathlessness to take a direction! But whither? How take even one step? And yet, how stand still? This was torment indeed, to inherit the responsibility of one’s own life. ✨ D. H. Lawrence (2016). D. H. Lawrence: The Complete Novels (Centaur Classics), p.849, D. H. Lawrence
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