407 Quotes by Elizabeth Gaskell

Only you're right in saying she's too good an opinion of herself to think of you. The saucy jade! I should like to know where she'd find a better!

He was lashing himself again into an impotent rage, painful to a son to witness

Roger let go; they were now on firm ground, and he did not wish any watchers to think that he was exercising any constraint over his father; and this quiet obedience to his impatient commands did more to soothe the Squire than anything else could have effected just then.

But, surely, if the mind is too long directed to one object only, it will get stiff and rigid, and unable to take in many interests.

God is just, and our lots are well portioned out by Him, although none but He knows the bitterness of our souls.Margaret to Bessy re: trials & burdens we all carry

I don't mind your calling me a clog, if only we were fastened together.""But I do mind you calling me a donkey," he replied.

Still he loved on, and on, ever more fondly.

La massa, quando è lasciata libera di decidere, sembra possedere discernimento sufficiente ad apprezzare il talento naturale di un oratore, ma è un peccato che non sappia sempre prendere in considerazione il carattere e i principi dell’oratore stesso.

Such decisions ab extra* are sometimes a wonderful relief to those whose habit it has been to decide, not only for themselves, but for every one else;and occasionally the relaxation of the strain which a character for infallible wisdom brings with it does much to restore health.*from outside