Somebody might have come along that way who would have asked him his trouble, and might have cheered him by saying that his notions were further advanced than those of his grammarian. But nobody did come, because nobody does; and under the crushing recognition of his gigantic error Jude continued to wish himself out of the world. β¨ Thomas Hardy (2016). Jude the Obscure: Works of Hardy, p.23, θ°·ζη€Ύ
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- It is rarely that the pleasures of the imagination will compensate for the pain of sleeplessness. β¨ Thomas Hardy (2016). FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (British Classics Series): Historical Romance Novel β¦ βΆ
- Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed. Teach me to die. β¨ Thomas Hardy (2016). Jude the Obscure: Works of Hardy, p.69, θ°·ζη€Ύ
- You overrate my capacity of love. I don't posess half the warmth of nature you believe me to have. An unprotected childhood in a cold world has beaten gentleness out of me.
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