857 Quotes by Thomas Hardy

And meadow rivulets overflow, And drops on gate-bars hang in a row, And rooks in families homeward go, And so do I

It was terribly beautiful to Tess today, for since her eyes last fell upon it she had learnt that the serpent hisses where the sweet birds sing.

And both of us, scorning parochial ways, / Had lived like the wives in the patriarchs' days.

Beauty lay not in the thing, but in what the thing symbolized.

And at home by the fire, whenever you look up, there I shall be - and whenever I look up, there you shall be

Some folk want their luck buttered.

So each had a private little sun for her soul to bask in; some dream, some affection, some hobby, or at least some remote and distant hope....

You, and those like you, take your fill of pleasure on earth by making the life of such as me bitter and black with sorrow; and then it is a fine thing, when you have had enough of that, to think of securing your pleasure in heaven by becoming converted!

I shall do one thing in this life-one thing certain-this is, love you, and long of you, and keep wanting you till I die.