Quotes by : Elizabeth Gaskell

People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other....

Miss Benson had the power; which some people have, of carrying her wishes through to fulfillment; her....

One word more. You look as if you thought it tainted you to beloved by me. You cannot avoid it. Nay,....

Her mouth was wide; no rosebud that could only open just enough to let out a 'yes' and 'no', and 'an't....

God is just, and our lots are well portioned out by Him, although none, but He knows the bitterness of....

Now, the error which many parents commit in the treatment of the individual at this time(adolescense)....

He could remember all about it now; the pitiful figure he must have cut; the absurd way in which he had....

He may care for her, though she really has been almost rude to him at times. But she! – why, Margaret....

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

I believe that this suffering, which Miss Hale says is impressed on the countenances of the people of....