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Thomas Hardy quotes

English Novelist June 2, 1840 – January 11, 1928

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Four months or so of torturing ecstasy in his society - of "pleasure girded about with pain." After that the blackness of unutterable night. Thomas Hardy
He looked at the daylight shadows of a yellow hue, dancing with the firelight shadows in blue on the whitewashed chimney corner, but there was nothing in shadows. Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy quote: "Like a greater than himself, to the critical question at the..."
Like a greater than himself, to the critical question at the critical time he did not answer: and they were again silent. Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy quote: "But his dreams were as gigantic as his surroundings were small."
But his dreams were as gigantic as his surroundings were small. Thomas Hardy
...the figure near at hand suffers on such occasions, because it shows up its sorriness without shade; while vague figures afar off are honored, in that their distance makes artistic virtues of their stains. In considering what Tess was not, he overlooked what she was, and forgot that the defective can be more than the entire. Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy quote: "Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity."
Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity. Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy quote: "When yellow lights struggle with blue shades in hairlike lines."
When yellow lights struggle with blue shades in hairlike lines. Thomas Hardy
The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it just enables them to finish the job. Thomas Hardy
You could sometimes see her twelfth year in her cheeks, or her ninth sparkling from her eyes; and even her fifth would flit over the curves of her mouth now and then. Thomas Hardy
The purpose of a chronicler of moods and deeds does not require him to express his personal views upon the grave controversy above given. 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; but I have been injured and blighted and crushed by things beyond my control! O, how hard it is of Heaven to devise such tortures for me, who have done no harm to heaven at all! Thomas Hardy
I think that whenever children be born that are not wanted they should be killed directly, before their souls come to 'em, and not allowed to grow big and walk about! Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy quote: "I am sorry to shock you," she said. "But the moth eats the..."
I am sorry to shock you," she said. "But the moth eats the garment somewhat in five-and thirty years. Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy quote: "You ride well, but you don't kiss nicely at all."
You ride well, but you don't kiss nicely at all. Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy quote: "All romances end at marriage."
All romances end at marriage. Thomas Hardy

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