Quotes by : Elizabeth Gaskell

A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his....

There is nothing like wounded affection for giving poignancy to anger.

The more it rains and blows, the more certain we are to have him.

Take care. If you do not speak – I shall claim you as my own in some strange presumptuous way. Send....

Thus, you see, he arrived at the same end, via supposed duty, that he was previously pledged to via interest.....

The distant sea, lapping the sandy shore with measured sound; the nearer cries of the donkey-boys; the....

My father was a man, and I know the sex pretty well.

If all the world spoke, acted, or kept silence with intent to deceive, --if dearest interests were at....

Ask , and it shall be given until you. That is no vain or untried promise, Ruth!

But I got through the review, for all their Latin and French; I did, and if you doubt me, you just look....