How ravished one could be without ever being touched. Ravished by dead words become obscene and dead ideas become obsessions. (D. H. Lawrence)

How ravished one could be without ever being touched. Ravished by dead words become obscene and dead ideas become obsessions.

D. H. Lawrence

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