Duty Quote by Elizabeth Gaskell

Margaret found that the indifferent, careless conversations of one who, however kind, was not too warm and anxious a sympathizer, did her good.

— Elizabeth Gaskell

She had her reward! - that reward of which no enemie could deprive her, which no slanders could make less precious - the eternal…

— Anonymous

It was not in her nature, however, to increase her vexations by dwelling on them. She was confident of having performed her duty, and…

— Jane Austen

“Margaret in contrast held her head high, her cheeks flagged with a becoming rose color. She looked like a goddess enraged. A goddess who…

— Elizabeth Hoyt

“Margaret described an oppressive awareness that “I have no real hold on life,—no real, permanent connection with any soul.” She felt disembodied, like “a…

— Megan Marshall

“If ultimately there was a tantalizing rectitude about her, she was none the less cunning: her exceeding gentleness, howbeit mitigated sometimes by the disturbing…

— Georges Bataille

“From what you know of her, you will not be surprised that she threw some exaggeration and wilfulness, some pride and impetuosity, even into…

— George Eliot

“The thrill of telling her true feelings without considering good manners or the propriety of what she had to say was intoxicating.”

— Sara Donati

She had looked her duty courageously in the face and found it a friend - as duty ever is when we meet it frankly.

— Anonymous

“MARGARET Do I seem composed, sufficiently placid and unmotherly? ALIZON Altogether, except that your earring Trembles a little. MARGARET It's always our touches of…

— Christopher Fry

“At thirty-six, Margaret believed her “mind and character” were already “too much formed” through “a liberal communion with the woful struggling crowd of fellow…

— Megan Marshall

“She would have been obliged to allow, if any one had said it to her, that what she submitted to could not take the…

— George Eliot