Quotes

And in being forced to class herself among the fortunate she did not cease to wonder at the persistence of the unforeseen, when the one to whom such unbroken tranquility had been accorded in the adult stage was she whose youth had seemed to teach that happiness was but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain. ~ The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy "Some folk want their luck buttered." ~ The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy In any case life is but a procession of shadows, and God knows why it is that we embrace them so eagerly, and see them depart with such anguish, being shadows. ~ Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf Each had his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart; and his friends could only read the title. ~ Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf The vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination. ~ Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is, I believe, the worst of all snares. ~ Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe But there are some things one takes for granted, supposes are mutually understood, and to which both parties may repeatedly refer without ever meaning the same thing. ~ Herland by Charlotte Gilman "The children in this country are the one center and focus of all our thoughts. Every step of our advance is always considered in its effect on them--on the race. You see, we are MOTHERS," she repeated, as if in that she had said it all ~ Herland by Charlotte Gilman "Tut, tut, child!" said the Duchess. "Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it." ~ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll The Queen turned crimson with fury, and, after glaring at her for a moment like a wild beast, screamed "Off with her head!" ~ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll