“The love of nature is a passion for those in whom it once lodges. It can never be quenched. It cannot change. It is a furious, burning, physical greed, as well as a state of mystical exaltation. It will have its own.” WellsStatesPassionNatureGreedBurningMysticalFuriousExaltationNature LoveLodges Author:Mary Webb
“To many women marriage is only this. It is merely a physical change impinging on their ordinary nature, leaving their mentality untouched, their self-possession intact. They are not burnt by even the red fire of physical passion - far less by the white fire of love.” SelfPassionWhiteMarriageFireOrdinaryRedLeavingPossessionMentalityFire Of Love Author:Mary Webb