[Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence]@TWC D-Link bookWomen in Love CHAPTER XIII 22/34
'And tell it to the Horse Marines.' 'To them also.' 'It is just like Gerald Crich with his horse--a lust for bullying--a real Wille zur Macht--so base, so petty.' 'I agree that the Wille zur Macht is a base and petty thing.
But with the Mino, it is the desire to bring this female cat into a pure stable equilibrium, a transcendent and abiding RAPPORT with the single male. Whereas without him, as you see, she is a mere stray, a fluffy sporadic bit of chaos.
It is a volonte de pouvoir, if you like, a will to ability, taking pouvoir as a verb.' 'Ah--! Sophistries! It's the old Adam.' 'Oh yes.
Adam kept Eve in the indestructible paradise, when he kept her single with himself, like a star in its orbit.' 'Yes--yes--' cried Ursula, pointing her finger at him.
'There you are--a star in its orbit! A satellite--a satellite of Mars--that's what she is to be! There--there--you've given yourself away! You want a satellite, Mars and his satellite! You've said it--you've said it--you've dished yourself!' He stood smiling in frustration and amusement and irritation and admiration and love.
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