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Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: But the cloud never comes in that quarter of the horizonfrom which we watch for it. But the cloud never comes in that quarter of the horizon
from which we watch for it.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: which he longed to fall. "'Well! It is not well. which he longed to fall. "'Well! It is not well.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: Errands of mercyerrands of sindid you ever think where all the thousands of people you daily meet are bound? Errands of mercy
errands of sin
did you ever think where all the thousands of people you daily meet are bound?
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: No one knows till they have tried, what power of bearing lies in them. No one knows till they have tried, what power of bearing lies in them.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: A girl in love will do a good deal. A girl in love will do a good deal.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: 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. 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.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly. A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: probably (as the rumour had spread through the town, reaching her ears) one of the poor maddened turn-outs, probably (as the rumour had spread through the town, reaching her ears) one of the poor maddened turn-outs,
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: And now she had learnt that not only to will, but also to pray, was a necessary condition in the truly heroic. And now she had learnt that not only to will, but also to pray, was a necessary condition in the truly heroic.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: It is always the savage lads, with their love of excitement, who head the riot - reckless to what bloodshed it may lead. It is always the savage lads, with their love of excitement, who head the riot - reckless to what bloodshed it may lead.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: Th' longest lane will have a turning ... Th' longest lane will have a turning ...
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: I dare say there's many a woman makes as sad a mistake as I have done, and only finds it out too late. I dare say there's many a woman makes as sad a mistake as I have done, and only finds it out too late.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: 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. 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.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: 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. 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.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: Thought fights with thought; out springs a spark of truth From the collision of the sword and shield.' W. S. LANDOR. Thought fights with thought; out springs a spark of truth From the collision of the sword and shield.' W. S. LANDOR.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: All sorts of thoughts cross one's mind - it depends upon whether one gives them harbour and encouragement All sorts of thoughts cross one's mind - it depends upon whether one gives them harbour and encouragement
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: The prospect of soon losing her companion seemed to give force to every sweet quality and charm which Edith possessed. The prospect of soon losing her companion seemed to give force to every sweet quality and charm which Edith possessed.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: 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!- 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!-
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: Those who are happy and successful themselves are too apt to make light of the misfortunes of others. Those who are happy and successful themselves are too apt to make light of the misfortunes of others.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: To be sure a stepmother to a girl is a different thing to a second wife to a man! To be sure a stepmother to a girl is a different thing to a second wife to a man!
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: She went out, going rapidly towards the country, and trying to drown reflection by swiftness of motion. She went out, going rapidly towards the country, and trying to drown reflection by swiftness of motion.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: 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. 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.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: How different men were to women! How different men were to women!
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: When all are admitted, how can there be a Holy of Holies? When all are admitted, how can there be a Holy of Holies?
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: The ladies of Cranford always dressed with chaste elegance and propriety ... The ladies of Cranford always dressed with chaste elegance and propriety ...
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: When God gives a blessing to be enjoyed, He gives it with a duty to be done. When God gives a blessing to be enjoyed, He gives it with a duty to be done.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: And flowering all the year round, especially at Christmas - make your picture complete,' said he. 'No, And flowering all the year round, especially at Christmas - make your picture complete,' said he. 'No,
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: 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. 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.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: He is the personification of sensible silence. He is the personification of sensible silence.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: She took her mind away with a wrench from the recollection of the past to the bright serene contemplation of the hopeful future. She took her mind away with a wrench from the recollection of the past to the bright serene contemplation of the hopeful future.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones, and leanness goes a great way towards gentility. He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones, and leanness goes a great way towards gentility.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: Yet is was very difficult to seperate her interpretation, and keep it distinct from his meaning. Yet is was very difficult to seperate her interpretation, and keep it distinct from his meaning.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: He loved her, and would love her; and defy her, and this miserable bodily pain. He loved her, and would love her; and defy her, and this miserable bodily pain.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: Mrs. Thornton; the only mother he has, I believe, Mrs. Thornton; the only mother he has, I believe,
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: I could wish there were a God, if it were only to ask him to bless thee. I could wish there were a God, if it were only to ask him to bless thee.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: Ask , and it shall be given until you. That is no vain or untried promise, Ruth! Ask , and it shall be given until you. That is no vain or untried promise, Ruth!
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: 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'. 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'.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: Now I love,and will love. Now I love,and will love.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: But when she got into her own, she locked the door, and sate down to cry unwonted tears. But when she got into her own, she locked the door, and sate down to cry unwonted tears.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: 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. 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.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: ... he strove to leave his life in the hands of God, and to forget himself. ... he strove to leave his life in the hands of God, and to forget himself.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: 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. 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.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: But certainly, their lives are such as very often produce either inordinate self-sufficiency, or a morbid state of conscience. But certainly, their lives are such as very often produce either inordinate self-sufficiency, or a morbid state of conscience.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: It is a great truth that you cannot extinguish violence by violence. It is a great truth that you cannot extinguish violence by violence.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: Did I ever say an engagement was an elephant, madam? Did I ever say an engagement was an elephant, madam?
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: 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. 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.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: Similarity of opinion is not always - I think not often - needed for fullness and perfection of love. Similarity of opinion is not always - I think not often - needed for fullness and perfection of love.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: At that time of all times for yearning and longing, just before the sharp senses lose their outlines in sleep. At that time of all times for yearning and longing, just before the sharp senses lose their outlines in sleep.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: put in yo'r pipe, and smoke it, put in yo'r pipe, and smoke it,
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: Still he loved on, and on, ever more fondly. Still he loved on, and on, ever more fondly.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: A few moments may change our character for life, by giving a totally different direction to our aims and energies. A few moments may change our character for life, by giving a totally different direction to our aims and energies.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: 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. 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.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: There is always a pleasure in unravelling a mystery, in catching at the gossamer clue which will guide to certainty. There is always a pleasure in unravelling a mystery, in catching at the gossamer clue which will guide to certainty.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: And she swept out of it with the noiseless grace of an offended princess. And she swept out of it with the noiseless grace of an offended princess.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: I think that if advice is good it's the best comfort. I think that if advice is good it's the best comfort.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: I know we differ in our religious opinions; but don't you give me credit for having some, though not the same as yours? I know we differ in our religious opinions; but don't you give me credit for having some, though not the same as yours?
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: He was lashing himself again into an impotent rage, painful to a son to witness He was lashing himself again into an impotent rage, painful to a son to witness
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: Upon my word, you don't think small beer of yourself! Hamper Upon my word, you don't think small beer of yourself! Hamper
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: He shook hands with Margaret. He knew it was the first time their hands had met, though she was perfectly unconscious of the fact. He shook hands with Margaret. He knew it was the first time their hands had met, though she was perfectly unconscious of the fact.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: As she realized what might have been, she grew to be thankful for what was. As she realized what might have been, she grew to be thankful for what was.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: She handed him his cup of tea with the proud air of an unwilling slave ... She handed him his cup of tea with the proud air of an unwilling slave ...
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: I would not trust a mouse to a woman if a man's judgment could be had. I would not trust a mouse to a woman if a man's judgment could be had.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: Where the stars arose, and twinkled and disappeared behind the great umbrageous trees before she went to bed. Where the stars arose, and twinkled and disappeared behind the great umbrageous trees before she went to bed.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: I don't like shoppy people. I think we are far better off, knowing only cottagers and labourers, and people without pretence. I don't like shoppy people. I think we are far better off, knowing only cottagers and labourers, and people without pretence.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: Sorrows is more plentiful than dinners just now; I Sorrows is more plentiful than dinners just now; I
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: There is nothing like wounded affection for giving poignancy to anger. There is nothing like wounded affection for giving poignancy to anger.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: He might despise her, but the woman whom he had once loved should be kept from shame; and He might despise her, but the woman whom he had once loved should be kept from shame; and
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: Margaret found that the indifferent, careless conversations of one who, however kind, was not too warm and anxious a sympathizer, did her good. Margaret found that the indifferent, careless conversations of one who, however kind, was not too warm and anxious a sympathizer, did her good.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: I'm not saying she was very silly, but one of us was very silly and it wasn't me. I'm not saying she was very silly, but one of us was very silly and it wasn't me.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: Each dainty little child ran up to its mother, or aunt, or particular friend; but Molly had no one to go to. Each dainty little child ran up to its mother, or aunt, or particular friend; but Molly had no one to go to.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: Waiting is far more difficult than doing. Waiting is far more difficult than doing.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: 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. 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.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: My father was a man, and I know the sex pretty well. My father was a man, and I know the sex pretty well.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: 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 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.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: Her thoughts are full of other things just now; and people have such different ways of showing feeling: some by silence, some by words. Her thoughts are full of other things just now; and people have such different ways of showing feeling: some by silence, some by words.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: One may be clogged with honey and unable to rise and fly. One may be clogged with honey and unable to rise and fly.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: I have often thought of the postman's bringing me a letter as one of the pleasures I shall miss in heaven. I have often thought of the postman's bringing me a letter as one of the pleasures I shall miss in heaven.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: Nevertheless, his moustachios are splendid. Nevertheless, his moustachios are splendid.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: I don't believe there's a man in Milton who knows how to sit still; and it is a great art. I don't believe there's a man in Milton who knows how to sit still; and it is a great art.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: The morning brought more peace if it did not entirely dissipate fear. The morning brought more peace if it did not entirely dissipate fear.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: 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! 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!
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: 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) 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)
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: 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 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 ...
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: I may be the Cinderella to put on the slipper after all.' Margaret I may be the Cinderella to put on the slipper after all.' Margaret
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: 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. 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.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: Abstemiousness in her daily habits, it was part of her pride Abstemiousness in her daily habits, it was part of her pride
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: If the world was full of perplexing problems she would trust, and only ask to see the one step needful for the hour. If the world was full of perplexing problems she would trust, and only ask to see the one step needful for the hour.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: Oh, Mr. Thornton, I am not good enough!''Not good enough! Don't mock my own deep feeling of unworthiness. Oh, Mr. Thornton, I am not good enough!'
'Not good enough! Don't mock my own deep feeling of unworthiness.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: But I'm tired of this bustle. Everybody rushing over everybody, in their hurry to get rich. But I'm tired of this bustle. Everybody rushing over everybody, in their hurry to get rich.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: Women are queer, unreasoning creatures, and are just as likely as not to love a man who has been throwing away his affection. Women are queer, unreasoning creatures, and are just as likely as not to love a man who has been throwing away his affection.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: As if unwilling to awaken the unused echoes. At As if unwilling to awaken the unused echoes. At
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: Love me as I am, sweet one, for I shall never be better. Love me as I am, sweet one, for I shall never be better.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: Were all men equal to-night, some would get the start by rising an hour earlier to-morrow. Were all men equal to-night, some would get the start by rising an hour earlier to-morrow.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: I dare not hope. I never was fainthearted before; but I cannot believe such a creature cares for me. I dare not hope. I never was fainthearted before; but I cannot believe such a creature cares for me.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: 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. 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.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: What's the use of watching? A watched pot never boils ... What's the use of watching? A watched pot never boils ...
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: I cannot stand objections. They make me so undecided. I cannot stand objections. They make me so undecided.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: 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. 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.
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: Opportunities are not often wanting where inclination goes before ... Opportunities are not often wanting where inclination goes before ...
Elizabeth Gaskell quotes: But I was right. I think that must be an hereditary quality, for my father says he is scarcely ever wrong. But I was right. I think that must be an hereditary quality, for my father says he is scarcely ever wrong.

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