“I don’t hate men because they’re men, as nuns do. I dislike them because they’re not men enough: babies, and playboys, and poor things showing off all the time, even to themselves. I don’t say I’m any better. I only wish, with all my soul, that some men were bigger and stronger and deeper than I am...” MenLoveRelationshipsSt Mawr Book:St. Mawr Source: St. Mawr
“She was to be content to weave a steady life with him, all one fabric, but perhaps brocaded with the occasional flower of an adventure. But how could she know what she would feel next year? How could one ever know? How could one say Yes? for years and years? The little yes, gone on a breath! Why should one be pinned down by that butterfly word? Of course it had to flutter away and be gone, to be followed by other yes's and no's! Like the straying of butterflies.” RelationshipsMarriageCommitmentMetaphorEvolvingD H LawrenceLady Chatterley S Lover Book:Lady Chatterley’s Lover Source: Lady Chatterley’s Lover
“I'd just come to the conclusion that nothing in the world mattered except somebody to take the edge off one's being alone.” LoveRelationshipsFriendshipLonelinessCompanionship Book:Women in Love Source: Women in Love