“ If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone. Thomas Hardy
“ And they will pause just for an instant, and give a sigh to me, and think, Poor girl! believing they do great justice to my memory by this. But they will never, never realize that it was my single opp… Thomas Hardy
“ Eustacia Vye was the raw material of a divinity. On Olympus she would have done well with a little preparation. She had the passions and instincts which make a model goddess, that is, those which make… Thomas Hardy
“ She tried to argue, and tell him that he had mixed in his dull brain two matters, theology and morals, which in the primitive days of mankind had been quite distinct. Thomas Hardy
“ Many besides Angel have learnt that the magnitude of lives is not as to their external displacements but as to their subjective experiences. Thomas Hardy
“ The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes. Thomas Hardy
“ Well, what I mean is that I shouldn’t mind being a bride at a wedding, if I could be one without having a husband. But since a woman can’t show off in that way by herself, I shan’t marry—at least not… Thomas Hardy
“ Tess was awake before dawn — at the marginal minute of the dark when the grove is still mute, save for one prophetic bird who sings with a clear-voiced conviction that he at least knows the correct ti… Thomas Hardy
