857 Quotes by Thomas Hardy

On the morning appointed for her departure Tess awoke before dawn — at the marginal minute of the dark when the grove is still mute save for one prophetic bird, who sings with a clear-voiced conviction that he at least knows the correct time of day, the rest preserving silence, as if equally convinced that he is mistaken.

Tess was awake before dawn — at the marginal minute of the dark when the grove is still mute, save for one prophetic bird who sings with a clear-voiced conviction that he at least knows the correct time of day, the rest preserving silence as if equally convinced that he is mistaken.

My eyes were dazed by you for a little, and that was all.

...wan starlight...

...far away through the plantation Vega sparkled like a lamp suspended amid the leafless trees...

Always wanting another man than your own.

A blaze of love and extinction, was better than a lantern glimmer of the same which should last long years.

If he could only prevent himself growing up! He did not want to be a man.

There's a friendly tie of some sort between music and eating.