How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
Yes, this was love, this ridiculous bouncing of the buttocks, and the wilting of the poor, insignificant, moist little penis. This was the divine love! After all, the moderns were right when they felt contempt for the performance; for it was a performance. (12.128)
Gee, this is a really sexy passage. No wonder Connie is depressed all the time, if this is what she thinks love is like. Luckily, she's found herself a real man now.
Quote #5
"I...I can't love you," she sobbed, suddenly feeling her heart breaking. "Canna ter? Well, dunna fret! There's no law says as tha's got to. Ta'e it for what it is." (12.134-35)
Mellors is pretty chill about the relationship, so it's not clear why Connie feels like she has to be in love with him at this point. Most likely, she's been corrupted by the modern world into thinking that she can't enjoy sex without love—without understanding that sex is love, or at least close enough.
Quote #6
All her body clung with tender love to the unknown man, and blindly to the wilting penis, as it so tenderly, frailly, unknowingly withdrew, after the fierce thrust of its potency. (12.148)
It's not even Connie who feels love right now—it's her body, almost as though it has a mind of its own (and we already know that Mellors's body has a mind of its own). Does love happen in the body rather than the mind?