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Inspirational Quotes by Elizabeth Gaskell
- 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.
- Anticipation was the soul of enjoyment.
- The French girls would tell you, to believe that you were pretty would make you so.
- But the future must be met, however stern and iron it be.
- Margaret was not a ready lover, but where she loved she loved passionately, and with no small degree of jealousy.
- Did I ever say an engagement was an elephant, madam?
- I know you despise me; allow me to say, it is because you don't understand me.
- But I was right. I think that must be an hereditary quality, for my father says he is scarcely ever wrong.
- Nothing like the act of eating for equalizing men. Dying is nothing to it.
- How different men were to women!
- A girl in love will do a good deal.
- Nevertheless, his moustachios are splendid.
- I’m not saying she was very silly, but one of us was very silly and it wasn’t me.
- I could wish there were a God, if it were only to ask him to bless thee.
- Yet is was very difficult to seperate her interpretation, and keep it distinct from his meaning.
- Oh, I can't describe my home. It is home, and I can't put its charm into words
- Oh, my Margaret--my Margaret! no one can tell what you are to me! Dead--cold as you lie there you are the only woman I ever…
- He loved her, and would love her; and defy her, and this miserable bodily pain.
- 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…
- One may be clogged with honey and unable to rise and fly.
- That kind of patriotism which consists in hating all other nations.
More Inspirational Quotes
- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento