Famous Quotes | Being the sons of mothers whose...
Being the sons of mothers whose husbands had blundered rather brutally through their feminine sanctities, they were themselves too diffident and shy. They could easier deny themselves than incur any reproach from a woman; for a woman was like their mother, and they were full of the sense of their mother. They preferred themselves to suffer the misery of celibacy, rather than risk the other person.
- D.H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
Attribution: D.H. (David Herbert) Lawrence (1885–1930), British author. Originally published by Duckworth (1913). Sons and Lovers, ch. 11, Penguin Books (1989). “They” are Paul Morel and his contemporaries.
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