Elizabeth Gaskell, North And South

Quotes

• “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...”
• “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...”
• “Loyalty and obedience to wisdom and justice are fine; but it is still finer to defy arbitrary power, unjustly and cruell...”
• “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 ...”
• “A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule sh...”