“ The real sin ma'am, in my mind lies in thinking of ever wedding with a man you don't love honest and true. Thomas Hardy
“ The pale lunar touches which make beauties of hags lent divinity to this face, already beautiful. Thomas Hardy
“ That innate love of melody, which she had inherited from her ballad-singing mother, gave the simplest music a power which could well-nigh drag her heart out of her bosom at times. Thomas Hardy
“ Once let a maiden admit the possibility of her being stricken with love for some one at a certain hour and place, and the thing is as good as done. Thomas Hardy
“ Never in her life – she could swear it from the bottom of her soul – had she ever intended to do wrong; yet these hard judgments had come. Whatever her sins, they were not sins of intention, but of in… Thomas Hardy
“ It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs. Thomas Hardy
“ Love is a possible strength in an actual weakness. Marriage transforms a distraction into a support, the power of which should be, and happily often is, in direct proportion to the degree of imbecilit… Thomas Hardy
“ Did you say the stars were worlds, Tess?Yes.All like ours?I don't know, but I think so. They sometimes seem to be like the apples on our stubbard-tree. Most of them splendid and sound - a few blighted… Thomas Hardy
“ We discern a grand force in the lover which he lacks whilst a free man, but there is a breadth of vision in the free man which in the lover we vainly seek. Thomas Hardy
“ Theirs was that substantial affection which arises (if any arises at all) when the two who are thrown together begin first by knowing the rougher sides of each other's character, and not the best till… Thomas Hardy
“ Persons with any weight of character carry, like planets, their atmospheres along with them in their orbits. Thomas Hardy
“ Ah, dear Jude; that's because you are like a totally deaf manobserving people listening to music. You say 'What are theyregarding? Nothing is there.' But something is. Thomas Hardy
“ They spoke very little of their mutual feelings: pretty phrases and warm attentions being probably unnecessary between such tried friends. Thomas Hardy
