Quotes

The end of a novel, like the end of a children's dinner-party, must be made up of sweetmeats and sugar-plums. ~ Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily. ~ Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope "There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel." ~ Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art. ~ Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope "It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to do something." ~ Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope She knew how to allure by denying, and to make the gift rich by delaying it. ~ Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope "There's no disappointment in memory, and one's exaggerations are always on the good side." ~ Daniel Deronda by George Eliot You know nothing about Hope, that immortal, delicious maiden forever courted forever propitious, whom fools have called deceitful, as if it were Hope that carried the cup of disappointment, whereas it is her deadly enemy, Certainty, whom she only escapes by transformation. ~ Daniel Deronda by George Eliot "I say that the strongest principle of growth lies in human choice." ~ Daniel Deronda by George Eliot Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities. ~ Daniel Deronda by George Eliot