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Thomas Hardy quotes

English Novelist June 2, 1840 – January 11, 1928

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Thomas Hardy quote: "No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read..."
No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure. 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."Which do we live on - a splendid one or a blighted one?"A blighted one. Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy quote: "I have felt lately, more and more, that my present way of..."
I have felt lately, more and more, that my present way of living is bad in every respect. Thomas Hardy
Do you think Tess would wish me to try and find her? If not, of course - ' 'I don't think she would.' 'Are you sure?' 'I am sure she wouldn't.' He was turning away; and then he thought of Tess's tender letter. 'I am sure she would!' he retorted passionaltely. 'I know her better than you do.' 'That's very likely, sir; for I have never really known her. Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy quote: "...our impulses are too strong for our judgement sometimes"
...our impulses are too strong for our judgement sometimes Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy quote: "My eyes were dazed by you for a little, and that was all."
My eyes were dazed by you for a little, and that was all. Thomas Hardy
Behind him the hill are open, the sun blazes down upon fields so large as to give unenclosed character to the landscape, the lanes are white, the hedges low and plashed, the atmosphere colourless. Thomas Hardy
He knelt and bent lower, till her breath warmed his face, and in a moment his cheek was in contact with hers. She was sleeping soundly, and upon her eyelashes there lingered tears... Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy quote: "If we be doomed to marry, we marry; if we be doomed to remain..."
If we be doomed to marry, we marry; if we be doomed to remain single we do. Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy quote: "We colour and mould according to the wants within us whatever..."
We colour and mould according to the wants within us whatever our eyes bring in. Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy quote: "It is rarely that the pleasures of the imagination will..."
It is rarely that the pleasures of the imagination will compensate for the pain of sleeplessness, Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy quote: "Thought failed him, and he returned to realities."
Thought failed him, and he returned to realities. Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy quote: "A little stimulated at not finding her ready and waiting - so..."
A little stimulated at not finding her ready and waiting - so fanciful are men! - he hastened on... Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy quote: "It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language..."
It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs. Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy quote: "It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in a..."
It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in a language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs. Thomas Hardy

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