Thomas Hardy Quotes

“I shall do one thing in this life—one thing certain—that is, love you, and long for you, and keep wanting you till I die.”

― Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd

topic:love

“Her affection for him was now the breath and life of Tess's being; it enveloped her as a photosphere, irradiated her into forgetfulness of her past sorrows, keeping back the gloomy spectres that would persist in their attempts to touch...”

― Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles

topic:love fear

“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 licence to receive it.”

― Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure

topic:love marriage

“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!”

― Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure

topic:love heart passion

“Love is a possible strength in an actual weakness.”

― Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd

topic:love strength weakness

“A blaze of love, and extinction, was better than a lantern glimmer of the same which should last long years.”

― Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native

topic:love passion

“The rarest offerings of the purest loves are but a self-indulgence, and no generosity at all.”

― Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd

topic:love

“It may have been observed that there is no regular path for getting out of love as there is for getting in.”

― Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd

topic:love

“We discern a grand force in the lover which he lacks whilst a free man; but there is a breadth of vision in the free man which in the lover we vainly seek. Where there is much bias there must be some narrowness, and love, though added emotion, is...”

― Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd

topic:love strength

“My eyes were dazed by you for a little, and that was all.”

― Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles

topic:love passion eyes

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