And in this passion for understanding her soul lay close to his; she h…

D. H. Lawrence
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And in this passion for understanding her soul lay close to his; she had him all to herself. But he must be made abstract first. ✨ D.H. Lawrence (2015). D. H. Lawrence The Dover Reader, p.165, Courier Dover Publications
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And in this passion for understanding her soul lay close to his; she had him all to herself. But he must be made abstract first. ✨ D.H. Lawrence (2015). D. H. Lawrence The Dover Reader, p.165, Courier Dover Publications

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