Quotes by : Thomas Hardy

Patience that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

And strange-eyed constellations reignHis stars eternally.

A novel is an impression, not an argument; and there the matter must rest.

The purpose of a chronicler of moods and deeds does not require him to express his personal views upon....

He grew away from old associations, and saw something new in life and humanity. Secondarily, he made....

Gabriel Oak: "It's time for you to fight your own battles... and win them too.

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved the Inquisition might have let him alone.

So do flux and reflux--the rhythm of change--alternate and persist in everything under the sky.

You know, mistress, that I love you, and shall love you always

You ride well, but you don't kiss nicely at all.