Tess Quotes

35 Tess quotes by 14 unique authors

Tess realized one of the great modern dating sadnesses: everyone is so used to the comforting glow of the computer screen that no one can… — Amelia Gray
Tess was my first experience of a woman who had inhabited her weirdness, moved into the areas of herself that made her distinct from those… — Alice Sebold
IT WAS TESS who told me about the crowd going to the all-night dance. We'd been school friends. We'd picked mushrooms and pretended to have… — Edna O'Brien
Intensely moving but never sentimental, Academy Street is a profound meditation on what Faulkner called 'the human heart in conflict with itself'. In Tess Lohan,… — Ron Rash
Did you say the stars were worlds, Tess?" "Yes." "All like ours?" "I don't know, but I think so. They sometimes seem to be like… — Thomas Hardy
Bye, Tess. haunt me if you like. I don't mind. — Jenny Downham
Tis because we be on a blighted star, and not a sound one, isn't it Tess? — Thomas Hardy
I can't help but think that it's an unfortunate custom to name children after people who come to sticky ends. Even if they are fictional… — Kate Atkinson
...the figure near at hand suffers on such occasions, because it shows up its sorriness without shade; while vague figures afar off are honored, in… — Thomas Hardy
Her affection for him was now the breath and life of Tess's being; it enveloped her as a photosphere, irradiated her into forgetfulness of her… — Thomas Hardy
I'm here, Tess. I'm right here, holding your hand. Adam's here, too, he's sitting on the other side of the bed. And Cal. Mum's on… — Jenny Downham
That was enterprising," Will sounded nearly impressed. Nate smiled. Tess shot him a furious look. "Don't look pleased with yourself. When Will says 'enterprising' he… — Cassandra Clare
I want to kiss you again, Tess.” “Why?” He chuckled, low under his breath. “Why? Because you’re beautiful, and because I want you. And I… — Tina St. John
she was just…beaming at me, and I thought she’d won the lottery or something, her smile was that big. I asked what happened, and she… — Jennifer Crusie
Did it never strike your mind that what every woman says, some women may feel? — Thomas Hardy
Let truth be told - women do as a rule live through such humiliations, and regain their spirits, and again look about them with an… — Thomas Hardy
Tess had said that the river was liable to wash the palace and the city and the whole kingdom off the rocks, and then there… — Kristin Cashore
Well...can't be any more dangerous than your crazy hospital break-in yeah?"-Tess (pg 59) — Marie Lu
He frames my face with his hands as he says, "Tess. Only you could be brave enough to die with me. But I want you… — Claudia Gray
He closed his eyes. “I’m so tired, Tess,” he said. “I only wanted pleasant dreams for once.” “That is not the way to get them,… — Cassandra Clare
It was the touch of the imperfect upon the would-be perfect that gave the sweetness, because it was that which gave the humanity — Thomas Hardy
Bless thy simplicity, Tess — Thomas Hardy
It was terribly beautiful to Tess today, for since her eyes last fell upon it she had learnt that the serpent hisses where the sweet… — Thomas Hardy
She was not an existence, an experience, a passion, a structure of sensations, to anybody but herself. To all humankind besides Tess was only a… — Thomas Hardy
Meanwhile, the trees were just as green as before; the birds sang and the sun shone as clearly now as ever. The familiar surroundings had… — Thomas Hardy

Who Wrote These Tess Quotes

14 authors contributed a total of 35 Tess Quotes as follows: