Quotation by D.H. Lawrence

The far-off clinching and mating of arches, the leap and thrust of the stone, carrying a great roof overhead, awed and silenced her.
D.H. (David Herbert) Lawrence (1885–1930), British author. Originally published (and withdrawn) by Methuen (1915). The Rainbow, ch. 7, Penguin Books (1987).

Description of Anna Brangwen viewing Lincoln Cathedral.
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