Happiness Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne

“She marvelled how she could ever have been wrought upon to marry him! She deemed it her crime most to be repented of, that…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart! Else it may…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“He was being the scrupulously honorable gentleman, she realized, protecting her name, taking the consequences of his own indiscretion. She understood all that and…

— Mary Balogh

“Losing his temper was a luxury he rarely permitted himself, but for the past week he'd been invaded by a sullen gloom that weighted…

— Lisa Kleypas

“There was a dumb misery about him that irritated her; there was a manly staying of his hand that made her heart beat faster.…

— Henry James

“How constantly in her triumph would she be able to forget all his vices, his debts, his gambling, his late hours, and his cruel…

— Anthony Trollope

“He should marry her, — or there should be something done which should make the name of Winifred Hurtle known to the world! She…

— Anthony Trollope

“Whatever she suffered, whatever loss came to her, she would throw it off, for it was not in her nature to go under. Although…

— Winston Graham

“It was, she believed, a simple and unassailable fact of life that if a woman went to epic lengths to throw herself on the…

— Nicholas Evans

“She had seen them in turmoil all round her--love, hatred, vengeance, treachery--she herself practically the pivot around which they raged. Out of the deadly…

— Baroness Orczy

“It was the strain of a forsaken lady, who after bewailing the perfidy of her lover, calls her pride to her aid, desires her…

— Charlotte Brontë

“Women, they were tricky business. A man had to step carefully lest he find himself in a pit of despair, longing after the one…

— T.A. Grey