Tess of the d'Urbervilles Quotes

“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:lovefear

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

― Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles

topic:lovepassioneyes

“Having begun to love you, I love you for ever—in all changes, in all disgraces, because you are yourself.”

― Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles

topic:lovechange

“Many besides Angel have learnt that the magnitude of lives is not as to their external displacements, but as to their subjective experiences. The impressionable peasant leads a larger, fuller, more dramatic life than the pachydermatous king.”

― Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles

topic:lifeexperience

“She's brim full of poetry—actualized poetry, if I may use the expression. She LIVES what paper-poets only write...”

― Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles

topic:lifewritingpoetry

“If an offense come out of the truth, better it is that the offense come than that the truth be concealed.”

― Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles

topic:truth

“Did it never strike your mind that what every woman says some women may feel?”

― Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles

topic:womenspeechfeelings

“Was once lost always lost really true of chastity?”

― Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles

topic:women

“Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid”

― Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles

topic:fearheart

“That innate love of melody, which she had inherited from her ballad-singing mother, gave the simplest music a power over her which could well-nigh drag her heart out of her bosom at times.”

― Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles

topic:heartmusic