| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 34969 |
| QUOTATION: | California is a queer place—in a way, it has turned its back on the world, and looks into the void Pacific. It is absolutely selfish, very empty, but not false, and at least, not full of false effort. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | D.H. (David Herbert) Lawrence (1885–1930), British author. letter, Sept. 24, 1923. The Letters of D.H. Lawrence, vol. 4, eds. James T. Boulton, E. Mansfield, and W. Roberts (1987). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Lawrence Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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