She moved about in a mental cloud of many-coloured idealities, which eclipsed all sinister contingencies by its brightness.
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.
More Thomas Hardy Quotes
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I may do some good before I am dead–be a sort of success as a frightful example of what not to do; and so illustrate a moral story.
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That man’s silence is wonderful to listen to.
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We ought to have lived in mental communion, and no more.
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O, you have torn my life all to pieces… made me be what I prayed you in pity not to make me be again!
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You have never loved me as I love you–never–never! Yours is not a passionate heart–your heart does not burn in a flame! You are, upon the whole, a sort of fay, or sprite– not a woman!
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That 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!
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It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs.
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Measurement of life should be proportioned rather to the intensity of the experience than to its actual length.
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Love is a possible strength in an actual weakness.
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A strong woman who recklessly throws away her strength, she is worse than a weak woman who has never had any strength to throw away.
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We colour and mould according to the wants within us whatever our eyes bring in.
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Our impulses are too strong for our judgement sometimes.
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It is rarely that the pleasures of the imagination will compensate for the pain of sleeplessness.
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Women are attracted to silent men. They believe they are listening.
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Well, these sad and hopeless obstacles are welcome in one sense, for they enable us to look with indifference upon the cruel satires that Fate loves to indulge in.
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