“ I agree to the conditions, Angel; because you know best what my punishment ought to be; only - only - don't make it more than I can bear! Thomas Hardy
“ A blaze of love and extinction, was better than a lantern glimmer of the same which should last long years. Thomas Hardy
“ The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him. Thomas Hardy
“ I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence. Thomas Hardy
“ When I want a broad-minded opinion for general enlightenment, distinct from special advice, I never go to a man who deals in the subject professionally. So I like the parson's opinion on law, the lawy… Thomas Hardy
“ WEATHERSThis is the weather the cuckoo likes, And so do I; When showers betumble the chestnut spikes, And nestlings fly; And the little brown nightingale bills his best, And they sit outside at 'The T… Thomas Hardy
“ To find themselves utterly alone at night where company is desirable and expected makes some people fearful; but a case more trying by far to the nerves is to discover some mysterious companionship wh… Thomas Hardy
“ So that, whatever the stars were made for, they were not made to please our eyes. It is just the same in everything; nothing is made for man. Thomas Hardy
“ She looked towards the western sky, which was now aglow like some vast foundry wherein new worlds were cast Thomas Hardy
“ How I have tried and tried to be a splendid woman, and how destiny has been against me! ...I do not deserve my lot! ...O, the cruelty of putting me into this ill-conceived world! I was capable of much… Thomas Hardy
“ Her experience had been of a kind to teach her, rightly or wrongly, that the doubtful honor of a brief transit through a sorry world hardly called for effusiveness, even when the path was suddenly irr… Thomas Hardy
“ God was palpably present in the country, and the devil had gone with the world to town. Thomas Hardy
“ Clare could bear this no longer. His eyes were full of tears, which seemed like drops of molten lead. He bade a quick good-night to these sincere and simple souls whom he loved so well; who knew neith… Thomas Hardy
“ Nameless, unknown to me as you were, I couldn't forget your voice!''For how long?''O - ever so long. Days and days.''Days and days! Only days and days? O, the heart of a man! Days and days!''But, my d… Thomas Hardy
“ Jude leaped out of arm's reach, and walked along the trackway weeping--not from the pain, though that was keen enough; not from the perception of the flaw in the terrestrial scheme, by which what was… Thomas Hardy
“ When women are secret they are secret indeed; and more often then not they only begin to be secret with the advent of a second lover. Thomas Hardy
“ To be lectured because the lecturer saw her in the cold morning light of open-shuttered disillusion was exasperating. Thomas Hardy
“ There was hardly a touch of earth in her love for Clare. To her sublime trustfulness he was all that goodness could be—knew all that a guide, philosopher, and friend should know. She thought every lin… Thomas Hardy
“ There are disappointments which wring us, and there are those which inflict a wound whose mark we bear to our graves. Such are so keen that no future gratification of the same desire can ever oblitera… Thomas Hardy
