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Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "But the cloud never comes in that quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it."

But the cloud never comes in that quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones, and leanness goes a great way towards gentility."

He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones, and leanness goes a great way towards gentility.




Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease."

A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "I look at [books] as a child looks at cakes - with glittering eyes and a watering mouth, imagining the pleasure that awaits him."

I look at [books] as a child looks at cakes - with glittering eyes and a watering mouth, imagining the pleasure that awaits him.




Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "There is nothing like wounded affection for giving poignancy to anger."

There is nothing like wounded affection for giving poignancy to anger.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "I dare not hope. I never was fainthearted before; but I cannot believe such a creature cares for me."

I dare not hope. I never was fainthearted before; but I cannot believe such a creature cares for me.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "Those who are happy and successful themselves are too apt to make light of the misfortunes of others."

Those who are happy and successful themselves are too apt to make light of the misfortunes of others.




Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "Anticipation was the soul of enjoyment."

Anticipation was the soul of enjoyment.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "But the future must be met, however stern and iron it be."

But the future must be met, however stern and iron it be.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "One may be clogged with honey and unable to rise and fly."

One may be clogged with honey and unable to rise and fly.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "I would far rather have two or three lilies of the valley gathered for me by a person I like, than the most expensive bouquet that could be bought!"

I would far rather have two or three lilies of the valley gathered for me by a person I like, than the most expensive bouquet that could be bought!



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "Margaret was not a ready lover, but where she loved she loved passionately, and with no small degree of jealousy."

Margaret was not a ready lover, but where she loved she loved passionately, and with no small degree of jealousy.




Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "He shrank from hearing Margaret's very name mentioned; he, while he blamed her--while he was jealous of her--while he renounced her--he loved her sorely, in spite of himself."

He shrank from hearing Margaret's very name mentioned; he, while he blamed her--while he was jealous of her--while he renounced her--he loved her sorely, in spite of himself.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "I'll not listen to reason... reason always means what someone else has got to say."

I'll not listen to reason... reason always means what someone else has got to say.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom."

Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly."

A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "I know you despise me; allow me to say, it is because you don't understand me."

I know you despise me; allow me to say, it is because you don't understand me.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "But the trees were gorgeous in their autumnal leafiness - the warm odours of flowers and herb came sweet upon the sense."

But the trees were gorgeous in their autumnal leafiness - the warm odours of flowers and herb came sweet upon the sense.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging wrongly!"

How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging wrongly!



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "I won't say she was silly, but I think one of us was silly, and it wasn't me."

I won't say she was silly, but I think one of us was silly, and it wasn't me.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "It is bad to believe you in error. It would be infinitely worse to have known you a hypocrite."

It is bad to believe you in error. It would be infinitely worse to have known you a hypocrite.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "And so she shuddered away from the threat of his enduring love. What did he mean? Had she not the power to daunt him? She would see. It was more daring than became a man to threaten her."

And so she shuddered away from the threat of his enduring love. What did he mean? Had she not the power to daunt him? She would see. It was more daring than became a man to threaten her.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "Take care. -If you do not speak- I shall claim you as my own in some presumptuous way. -Send me away at once, if I must go; -Margaret!-"

Take care. -If you do not speak- I shall claim you as my own in some presumptuous way. -Send me away at once, if I must go; -Margaret!-



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "That kind of patriotism which consists in hating all other nations."

That kind of patriotism which consists in hating all other nations.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "Oh, Mr. Thornton, I am not good enough!' 'Not good enough! Don't mock my own deep feeling of unworthiness."

Oh, Mr. Thornton, I am not good enough!' 'Not good enough! Don't mock my own deep feeling of unworthiness.



Elizabeth Gaskell 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."

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.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "What other people may think of the rightness or wrongness is nothing in comparison to my own deep knowledge, my innate conviction that it was wrong."

What other people may think of the rightness or wrongness is nothing in comparison to my own deep knowledge, my innate conviction that it was wrong.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "Every mile was redolent of associations, which she would not have missed for the world, but each of which made her cry upon 'the days that are no more' with ineffable longing."

Every mile was redolent of associations, which she would not have missed for the world, but each of which made her cry upon 'the days that are no more' with ineffable longing.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "Margaret the Churchwoman, her father the Dissenter, Higgins the Infidel, knelt down together. It did them no harm."

Margaret the Churchwoman, her father the Dissenter, Higgins the Infidel, knelt down together. It did them no harm.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "He shook hands with Margaret. He knew it was the first time their hands had met, though she was perfectly unconscious of the fact."

He shook hands with Margaret. He knew it was the first time their hands had met, though she was perfectly unconscious of the fact.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: ". . . 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."

. . . 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.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "Oh, I can't describe my home. It is home, and I can't put its charm into words"

Oh, I can't describe my home. It is home, and I can't put its charm into words



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "Don't think to come over me with th' old tale, that the rich know nothing of the trials of the poor; I say, if they don't know, they ought to know."

Don't think to come over me with th' old tale, that the rich know nothing of the trials of the poor; I say, if they don't know, they ought to know.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "Waiting is far more difficult than doing."

Waiting is far more difficult than doing.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "Of all faults the one she most despised in others was the want of bravery; the meanness of heart which leads to untruth."

Of all faults the one she most despised in others was the want of bravery; the meanness of heart which leads to untruth.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "As she realized what might have been, she grew to be thankful for what was."

As she realized what might have been, she grew to be thankful for what was.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "Mr. Thorton love Margaret! Why, Margraret would never think of him, I'm sure! Such a thing has never entered her head." "Entering her heart would do."

Mr. Thorton love Margaret! Why, Margraret would never think of him, I'm sure! Such a thing has never entered her head." "Entering her heart would do.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "The French girls would tell you, to believe that you were pretty would make you so."

The French girls would tell you, to believe that you were pretty would make you so.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "I wanted to see the place where Margaret grew to what she is, even at the worst time of all, when I had no hope of ever calling her mine."

I wanted to see the place where Margaret grew to what she is, even at the worst time of all, when I had no hope of ever calling her mine.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "She freshens me up above a bit. Who'd ha thought that face - as bright and as strong as the angel I dream of - could have known the sorrow she speaks on? I wonder how she'll sin. All on us must sing."

She freshens me up above a bit. Who'd ha thought that face - as bright and as strong as the angel I dream of - could have known the sorrow she speaks on? I wonder how she'll sin. All on us must sing.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "I dare say there's many a woman makes as sad a mistake as I have done, and only finds it out too late."

I dare say there's many a woman makes as sad a mistake as I have done, and only finds it out too late.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "No one loves me, - no one cares for me, but you, mother."

No one loves me, - no one cares for me, but you, mother.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "Out of the way! We are in the throes of an exceptional emergency! This is no occassion for sport- there is lace at stake!" (Ms. Pole)"

Out of the way! We are in the throes of an exceptional emergency! This is no occassion for sport- there is lace at stake!" (Ms. Pole)



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "Look back. Look back at me." Richard Armitage spoke this line in the movie North and South as he watched Miss Hale drive away in a carriage."

Look back. Look back at me." Richard Armitage spoke this line in the movie North and South as he watched Miss Hale drive away in a carriage.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "Similarity of opinion is not always—I think not often—needed for fullness and perfection of love."

Similarity of opinion is not always—I think not often—needed for fullness and perfection of love.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "I could wish there were a God, if it were only to ask him to bless thee."

I could wish there were a God, if it were only to ask him to bless thee.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "How different men were to women!"

How different men were to women!



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "I am the mother that bore you, and your sorrow is my agony; and if you don't hate her, i do' Then, mother, you make me love her more. She is unjustly treated by you, and I must make the balance even."

I am the mother that bore you, and your sorrow is my agony; and if you don't hate her, i do' Then, mother, you make me love her more. She is unjustly treated by you, and I must make the balance even.



Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes: "She never called her son by any name but John; 'love' and 'dear', and such like terms, were reserved for Fanny."

She never called her son by any name but John; 'love' and 'dear', and such like terms, were reserved for Fanny.