It was not the passion that was new to her, it was the yearning adoration. She knew she had always feared it, for it left her helpless; she feared it still, lest if se adored him too much, then she would lose herself, become effaced, and she did not want to be effaced, a slave, like a savage woman. She must not become a slave. She feared her adoration, yet she would not at once fight against it.
D. H. LawrenceBe careful, then, and be gentle about death. For it is hard to die, it is difficult to go through the door, even when it opens.
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. LawrenceAnd to my lips' Bright crimson rim The passion slips, And down my slim White body drips The shining hymn.
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