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But the cloud never comes in that quarter of the horizon
from which we watch for it.

which he longed to fall. "'Well! It is not well.

Errands of mercy
errands of sin
did you ever think where all the thousands of people you daily meet are bound?

No one knows till they have tried, what power of bearing lies in them.

A girl in love will do a good deal.

And in his button-hole he stuck a narcissus, hoping it would attract Mary's notice, so that he might have the delight of giving it her.

A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.

probably (as the rumour had spread through the town, reaching her ears) one of the poor maddened turn-outs,

And now she had learnt that not only to will, but also to pray, was a necessary condition in the truly heroic.

It is always the savage lads, with their love of excitement, who head the riot - reckless to what bloodshed it may lead.

Th' longest lane will have a turning ...

I dare say there's many a woman makes as sad a mistake as I have done, and only finds it out too late.

Edith was in the mood to think that any pleasure enjoyed away from her was a tacit affront, or at best a proof of indifference.

If you dare to injure her in the least, I will await you where no policeman can step in between. And God shall judge between us two.

Thought fights with thought; out springs a spark of truth From the collision of the sword and shield.' W. S. LANDOR.

All sorts of thoughts cross one's mind - it depends upon whether one gives them harbour and encouragement

The prospect of soon losing her companion seemed to give force to every sweet quality and charm which Edith possessed.

Take care. -If you do not speak- I shall claim you as my own in some presumptuous way. -Send me away at once, if I must go; -Margaret!-

Those who are happy and successful themselves are too apt to make light of the misfortunes of others.

To be sure a stepmother to a girl is a different thing to a second wife to a man!

She went out, going rapidly towards the country, and trying to drown reflection by swiftness of motion.

It seemed to me that where others had prayed before to their God, in their joy or in their agony, was of itself a sacred place.

How different men were to women!

When all are admitted, how can there be a Holy of Holies?

The ladies of Cranford always dressed with chaste elegance and propriety ...

When God gives a blessing to be enjoyed, He gives it with a duty to be done.

And flowering all the year round, especially at Christmas - make your picture complete,' said he. 'No,

But fate it a cunning hussy, and builds up her plans as imperceptibly as a bird builds her nest; and with the same kind of unconsidered trifles.

He is the personification of sensible silence.

She took her mind away with a wrench from the recollection of the past to the bright serene contemplation of the hopeful future.

He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones, and leanness goes a great way towards gentility.

Yet is was very difficult to seperate her interpretation, and keep it distinct from his meaning.

He loved her, and would love her; and defy her, and this miserable bodily pain.

Mrs. Thornton; the only mother he has, I believe,

I could wish there were a God, if it were only to ask him to bless thee.

Ask , and it shall be given until you. That is no vain or untried promise, Ruth!

Her mouth was wide; no rosebud that could only open just enough to let out a 'yes' and 'no', and 'an't please you, sir'.

Now I love,and will love.

But when she got into her own, she locked the door, and sate down to cry unwonted tears.

The sorrow was no less in reality, but it became less oppressive from having some one in precisely the same relation to it as that in which she stood.

... he strove to leave his life in the hands of God, and to forget himself.

Wearily she went to bed, wearily she arose in four or five hours' time. But with the morning came hope, and a brighter view of things.

But certainly, their lives are such as very often produce either inordinate self-sufficiency, or a morbid state of conscience.

It is a great truth that you cannot extinguish violence by violence.

Did I ever say an engagement was an elephant, madam?

Pray, speak, sir; to see your face, and not be able to read it, gives me a worse dread than I trust any words of yours will justify.

Similarity of opinion is not always - I think not often - needed for fullness and perfection of love.

At that time of all times for yearning and longing, just before the sharp senses lose their outlines in sleep.

put in yo'r pipe, and smoke it,

Still he loved on, and on, ever more fondly.

A few moments may change our character for life, by giving a totally different direction to our aims and energies.

I must do what my conscience bids. I have borne long with self-reproach that would have roused any mind less torpid and cowardly than mine.

There is always a pleasure in unravelling a mystery, in catching at the gossamer clue which will guide to certainty.

And she swept out of it with the noiseless grace of an offended princess.

I think that if advice is good it's the best comfort.

I know we differ in our religious opinions; but don't you give me credit for having some, though not the same as yours?

He was lashing himself again into an impotent rage, painful to a son to witness

Upon my word, you don't think small beer of yourself! Hamper

He shook hands with Margaret. He knew it was the first time their hands had met, though she was perfectly unconscious of the fact.

As she realized what might have been, she grew to be thankful for what was.

She handed him his cup of tea with the proud air of an unwilling slave ...

I would not trust a mouse to a woman if a man's judgment could be had.

Where the stars arose, and twinkled and disappeared behind the great umbrageous trees before she went to bed.

I don't like shoppy people. I think we are far better off, knowing only cottagers and labourers, and people without pretence.

Sorrows is more plentiful than dinners just now; I

There is nothing like wounded affection for giving poignancy to anger.

He might despise her, but the woman whom he had once loved should be kept from shame; and

Margaret found that the indifferent, careless conversations of one who, however kind, was not too warm and anxious a sympathizer, did her good.

I'm not saying she was very silly, but one of us was very silly and it wasn't me.

Each dainty little child ran up to its mother, or aunt, or particular friend; but Molly had no one to go to.

Waiting is far more difficult than doing.

But, surely, if the mind is too long directed to one object only, it will get stiff and rigid, and unable to take in many interests.

My father was a man, and I know the sex pretty well.

Don't think to come over me with th' old tale, that the rich know nothing of the trials of the poor; I say, if they don't know, they ought to know.

Her thoughts are full of other things just now; and people have such different ways of showing feeling: some by silence, some by words.

One may be clogged with honey and unable to rise and fly.

I have often thought of the postman's bringing me a letter as one of the pleasures I shall miss in heaven.

Nevertheless, his moustachios are splendid.

I don't believe there's a man in Milton who knows how to sit still; and it is a great art.

The morning brought more peace if it did not entirely dissipate fear.

Bessy, don't be impatient with your life, whatever it is - or may have been. Remember who gave it you, and made it what it is!

Out of the way! We are in the throes of an exceptional emergency! This is no occassion for sport- there is lace at stake! (Ms. Pole)

I wanted to see the place where Margaret grew to what she is, even at the worst time of all, when I had no hope of ever calling her mine ...

I may be the Cinderella to put on the slipper after all.' Margaret

All the earth, though it were full of kind hearts, is but a desolation and desert place to a mother when her only child is absent.

Abstemiousness in her daily habits, it was part of her pride

If the world was full of perplexing problems she would trust, and only ask to see the one step needful for the hour.

Oh, Mr. Thornton, I am not good enough!'
'Not good enough! Don't mock my own deep feeling of unworthiness.

But I'm tired of this bustle. Everybody rushing over everybody, in their hurry to get rich.

Women are queer, unreasoning creatures, and are just as likely as not to love a man who has been throwing away his affection.

As if unwilling to awaken the unused echoes. At

Love me as I am, sweet one, for I shall never be better.

Were all men equal to-night, some would get the start by rising an hour earlier to-morrow.

I dare not hope. I never was fainthearted before; but I cannot believe such a creature cares for me.

I don't mind your calling me a clog, if only we were fastened together."
"But I do mind you calling me a donkey," he replied.

What's the use of watching? A watched pot never boils ...

I cannot stand objections. They make me so undecided.

Look back. Look back at me.
Richard Armitage spoke this line in the movie North and South as he watched Miss Hale drive away in a carriage.

Opportunities are not often wanting where inclination goes before ...

But I was right. I think that must be an hereditary quality, for my father says he is scarcely ever wrong.