Mary Webb Quote

To many women marriage 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.

The Golden Arrow (1916)

To many women marriage is... merely a physical change impinging on their ordinary nature, leaving their mentality untouched, their self-possession...

To many women marriage is... merely a physical change impinging on their ordinary nature, leaving their mentality untouched, their self-possession...

To many women marriage is... merely a physical change impinging on their ordinary nature, leaving their mentality untouched, their self-possession...

To many women marriage is... merely a physical change impinging on their ordinary nature, leaving their mentality untouched, their self-possession...