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Thomas Hardy quotes about marriage

English Novelist June 2, 1840 – January 11, 1928

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It may have been observed that there is no regular path for getting outof love as there is for getting in. Some people look upon marriage as ashort cut that way, but it has been known to fail. Thomas Hardy
Yes. I—I can't help liking her—just a little bit! She's not an ungenerous nature; and I am so glad her difficulties have all suddenly ended." She explained how Arabella had been summoned back, and would be enabled to retrieve her position. "I was referring to our old question. What Arabella has been saying to me has made me feel more than ever how hopelessly vulgar an institution legal marriage is—a sort of trap to catch a man—I can't bear to think of it. I wish I hadn't promised to let you... Thomas Hardy
It appears that ordinary men take wives because possession is not possible without marriage, and that ordinary women accept husbands because marriage is not possible without possession Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy quote: "All romances end at marriage."
All romances end at marriage. Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy quote: "It is the effect of marriage to engender in several directions..."
It is the effect of marriage to engender in several directions some of the reserve it annihilates in one. Thomas Hardy

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