Some women’s love of being loved is insatiable; and so, often, is their love of loving; and in the last case they may find that they can’t give it continuously to the chamber-officer appointed by the bishop’s license to receive it.
THOMAS HARDYSome women’s love of being loved is insatiable; and so, often, is their love of loving; and in the last case they may find that they can’t give it continuously to the chamber-officer appointed by the bishop’s license to receive it.
THOMAS HARDYBut nothing is more insidious than the evolution of wishes from mere fancies, and of wants from mere wishes.
THOMAS HARDYEverybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving real distinction are those who remain in obscurity.
THOMAS HARDYLike the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle.
THOMAS HARDYThe sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes.
THOMAS HARDYTeach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed. Teach me to die.
THOMAS HARDYThe offhand decision of some commonplace mind high in office at a critical moment influences the course of events for a hundred years.
THOMAS HARDYA strong woman who recklessly throws away her strength, she is worse than a weak woman who has never had any strength to throw away.
THOMAS HARDYWomen accept their destiny more readily than men.
THOMAS HARDYIt is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs.
THOMAS HARDYWhy is it that a woman can see from a distance what a man cannot see close?
THOMAS HARDYThe sky was clear – remarkably clear – and the twinkling of all the stars seemed to be but throbs of one body, timed by a common pulse.
THOMAS HARDYMy eyes were dazed by you for a little, and that was all.
THOMAS HARDYI shall do one thing in this life-one thing certain-this is, love you, and long of you, and keep wanting you till I die.
THOMAS HARDYThat it would always be summer and autumn, and you always courting me, and always thinking as much of me as you have done through the past summertime!
THOMAS HARDYYou concede nothing to me and I have to concede everything to you.
THOMAS HARDY