Quotes

"Really it is very wholesome exercise, this trying to make one's words represent one's thoughts, instead of merely looking to their effect on others." ~ Cousin Phillis by Elizabeth Gaskell "Here was I asking a blessing and neglecting the means, which is a mockery." ~ Cousin Phillis by Elizabeth Gaskell "There is many a young cockerel that will stand upon a dunghill and crow about his father, by way of making his own plumage to shine." ~ Cousin Phillis by Elizabeth Gaskell We looked into the darkness of futurity as a child gazes after a rocket up in the cloudy sky, full of wondering expectation of the rattle, the discharge, and the brilliant shower of sparks and light. ~ Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell "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." ~ Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell I saw, I imitated, I survived! ~ Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell "Kissing don't last: cookery do!" ~ The Ordeal of Richard Feverel by George Meredith The task of reclaiming a bad man is extremely seductive to good women. ~ The Ordeal of Richard Feverel by George Meredith January was watering and freezing old earth by turns . . . ~ The Ordeal of Richard Feverel by George Meredith A story with a moral appended is like the bill of a mosquito. It bores you, and then injects a stinging drop to irritate your conscience. ~ Strictly Business by O. Henry