113 Quotes About The-nice-and-the-good

She thought sadly, gaiety and laughter are not in my destiny.

Then she thought, is this really all I have to look forward to, is this what I have to comfort myself with?

How can one discover what he feels?""I thought he might perhaps behave — quite differently with you?""No, no. We seem to know each other well but I think that's just because I parade my feelings. He's affectionate, detached, passive, absolutely passive.""He's never told you about that place?""He's never talked about himself at all.

Settle down! she thought. Yes, settle down into dreariness and quietness and forgetfulness and boredom.

This thought was so heavy with despair that she almost began to cry again.

Theo wanted to call him back. But then he thought, oh let him go, there's no mending a fruitless love, it just has to be endured.

Don't be hurt by me.""I can't help being hurt —

O death, rock me asleep, bring me to quiet rest. Let pass my weary guilty ghost out of my careful breast.

You have sometimes thought of going back?""Yes, I have, but only in a fantasy way.