Heart Quotes by Ford Madox Ford

8 Heart quotes by Ford Madox Ford

Ford’s literary craftsmanship turns the heart into a complex character, and this small set offers a taste of his layered, reflective style.

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...she had always known under her mind and now she confessed it: her agony had been, half of it, because one day…

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“Well she was bright; and she danced...And my function in life was to keep that bright thing in existence. And it was…

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Six months ago I had never been to England, and, certainly, I had never sounded the depths of an English heart. I…

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“But always, at moments when his mind was like a blind octopus, squirming in an agony of knife-cuts, she would drop in…

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But responsibility hardens the heart. It must.

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“His sister-in-law Sylvia represented for him unceasing, unsleeping activities of a fantastic kind.”

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“She at least was broad-minded, and moreover she understood the workings of the human heart. It was creditable for a man to…

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I know nothing - nothing in the world - of the hearts of men. I only know that I am alone -…

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“You can't kill a minuet de la coeur. You may shut up the music book... but surely the minuet-- the minuet itself is dancing…

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“You see in such a world as this, an idealist -or perhaps it's only a sentimentalist-must be stoned to death. He makes the others…

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“A gentleman in those days consulted his heirs about tree planting. Should you plant a group of copper beeches against a group of white…

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“How was it possible that the most honourable man she knew should be so overwhelmed by foul and baseless rumours? It made you suspect…

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It is not merely that people must die and people must suffer, if not here, then there. But what is dreadful is that the…

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“But upon my word, I don't know how we put in our time. How does one put in one's time? How is it possible…

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In every man there are two minds that work side by side, the one checking the other; thus emotion stands against reason, intellect corrects…

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“No, by God, it is false! It wasn't a minuet that we stepped; it was a prison - a prison full of screaming hysterics,…

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Damn it all, it's the first duty of a soldier - it's the first duty of all Englishmen - to be able to tell…

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“Yes, society must go on; it must breed, like rabbits. That is what we are here for. But then, I don't like society—much.”

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“The signal for the train's departure was a very bright red; that is about as passionate a statement as I can get into that…

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The world is full of places to which I want to return

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...she had always known under her mind and now she confessed it: her agony had been, half of it, because one day he would…

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“I like the slow, smooth roll of the great big trains—and they are the best trains in the world! I like being drawn through…

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