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It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs.
Far from the Madding Crowd (1874)
And at home by the fire, whenever you look up, there I shall be — and whenever I look up, there will be you.
Far from the Madding Crowd (1874)
Love is a possible strength, in an actual weakness. Marriage transforms a distraction into a support, the power of which should be, and happily often is, in direct proportion to the degree of imbecility it supplants.
Far from the Madding Crowd (1874)
All romances end at marriage.
Far from the Madding Crowd (1874)
To find themselves utterly alone at night where company is desirable and expected makes some people fearful; but a case more trying by far to the nerves is to discover some mysterious companionship when intuition, sensation, memory, analogy, testimony, probability, induction — every kind of evidence in the logician's list — have united to persuade consciousness that it is quite in isolation.
Far from the Madding Crowd (1874)
The sovereign brilliancy of Sirius pierced the eye with a steely glitter, the star called Capella was yellow, Aldebaran and Betelgueux shone with a fiery red. To persons standing alone on a hill during a clear midnight such as this, the roll of the world eastward is almost a palpable movement.
Far from the Madding Crowd (1874)