Quotes

There is no dealing with great sorrow as if it were under the control of our wills. It is a terrible phenomenon, whose laws we must study, and to whose conditions we must submit, if we would mitigate it. ~ Uncle Silas by J. Sheridan Le Fanu "No one is ever too old to do a foolish thing." ~ Uncle Silas by J. Sheridan Le Fanu "I'd much rather have no religion, and enjoy life while I'm in it, than choose one to worry me here and bedevil me hereafter." ~ Uncle Silas by J. Sheridan Le Fanu "In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity is the vital thing." ~ The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde "Indeed, when I am in really great trouble, as any one who knows me intimately will tell you, I refuse everything except food and drink." ~ The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde "Memory, my dear Cecily, is the diary that we all carry about with us." ~ The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde But injustice breeds injustice; the fighting with shadows and being defeated by them necessitates the setting up of substances to combat. ~ Bleak House by Charles Dickens It will be conjectured that I was of course glad to return to the bosom of my kindred. Well! the amiable conjecture does no harm, and may therefore be safely left uncontradicted. ~ Villette by Charlotte Bronte The beating of my heart was so violent and wild that I felt as if my life were breaking from me. ~ Bleak House by Charles Dickens Being that rare sort of old girl that she receives Good to her arms without a hint that it might be Better and catches light from any little spot of darkness near her. ~ Bleak House by Charles Dickens