You will not easily get a man to believe that his carnal love for the woman he has made his wife is as high a love as that he feltfor his mother or sister.
D. H. LawrencePlant consciousness, insect consciousness, fish consciousness, all are related by one permanent element, which we may call the religious element inherent in all life, even in a flea: the sense of wonder. That is our sixth sense, and it is the natural religious sense.
D. H. LawrenceDo come back and draw the ferrets, they are the most lovely noble darlings in the world.
D. H. LawrenceNobody knows you. You don't know yourself. And I, who am half in love with you, What am I in love with? My own imaginings?
D. H. Lawrence