Quotes by Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South

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One word more. You look as if you thought it tainted you to beloved by me. You cannot avoid it. Nay, I, if I would, cann — Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South
I wanted to see the place where Margaret grew to what she is, even at the worst time of all, when I had no hope of ever — Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South
Take care. If you do not speak – I shall claim you as my own in some strange presumptuous way. Send me away at once, if — Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South
Loyalty and obedience to wisdom and justice are fine; but it is still finer to defy arbitrary power, unjustly and cruell — Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South
But suppose it was truth double strong, it were no truth to me if I couldna take it in. I daresay there's truth in yon L — Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South
He shrank from hearing Margaret's very name mentioned; he, while he blamed her – while he was jealous of her – while he — Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South
A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule sh — Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South
It might, or it might not. There's two opinons to go settling that point. But suppose it was truth double strong, it wer — Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South
She would fain have caught at the skirts of that departing time, and prayed it to return, and give her back what she had — Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South
Her mouth was wide; no rosebud that could only open just enough to let out a 'yes' and 'no', and 'an't please you, sir'. — Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South
He may care for her, though she really has been almost rude to him at times. But she! – why, Margaret would never think — Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South
I value my ownindependence so highly that I can fancy no degradation greater than thatof having another man perpetually — Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South
Well, He had known what love was-a sharp pang, a fierce experience, in the midst of whose flames he was struggling! but, — Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South
He spoke as if the answer were a matter of indifference to him. But it was not so. For all his pain, he longed to see th — Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South
But she had learnt, in those solemn hours of thought, that she herself must one day answer for her own life, and what sh — Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South
On some such night as this she remembered promising to herself to live as brave and noble a life as any heroine she ever — Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South
If all the world spoke, acted, or kept silence with intent to deceive, --if dearest interests were at stake, and dearest — Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South
But the future must be met, however stern and iron it be. — Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South
The distant sea, lapping the sandy shore with measured sound; the nearer cries of the donkey-boys; the unusual scenes mo — Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South
He came up straight to her father, whose hands he took and wrung without a word - holding them in his for a minute or tw — Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South