Hearing Quote by Elizabeth Gaskell

“He said to himself, that he hated Margaret, but a wild, sharp sensation of love cleft his dull, thunderous feeling like lightning, even as…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

She hated him and loved him, longed for him and loathed him, and cursed herself for feeling anything at all

— Rick Yancey

“Margaret's attention was thus called to her host; his whole manner as master of the house, and entertainer of his friends, was so straightforward,…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

She was humbled, she was grieved; she repented, though she hardly knew of what. She became jealous of his esteem, when she could no…

— Jane Austen

“He never looked at her; and yet, the careful avoidance of his eyes betokened that in some way he knew exactly where, if they…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

She loved him not only in spite of but because he himself was incapable of love.

— William Faulkner

He lacked tenderness; he was rude; and he had more than a streak of cruelty in him; he was a thief and a liar.…

— Daphne du Maurier

He took his misfortune like a man - he blamed it on his wife.

— Bob Phillips

“He was in conflict with himself. There was no enjoyment in the thought that he had escaped a great danger, and in the midst…

— Norbert Jacques

And the more he was irritated by her basic personality, the more he was drawn to her by a harsh, bestial sensuality, illusions of…

— Gustave Flaubert

He was her enemy, and she hated him because she could not hate him enough.

— Catherine Fisher

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

— Elizabeth Gaskell