Elizabeth Gaskell Quotes

Mr Thornton would rather have heard that she was suffering the natural sorrow. In the first place, there was selfishness enough in him to have taken pleasure in the idea that his great love might come in to comfort and console her; much the same kind of strange passionate pleasure which comes stinging through a mother's heart, when her drooping infant nestles close to her, and is dependent upon her for everything.

Elizabeth Gaskell

Quotes to Explore

Diversified interests must exist in every community, and that system which is best calculated to promote the general interest is the one which should be adopted and adhered to with fidelity.

Sam Houston
- Community
- Best
- Interest
If you could find a way to peel back the skin of this world so to speak, would you really see this supernatural reality that is greater? Is it true that we fight not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers? Every young person wants to know.

Ted Dekker
- World
- True
- Reality
I felt within myself that I needed to change what I was doing. I needed a new stimuli. So the interest from Manchester United was a perfect fit.

Bastian Schweinsteiger
- Change
- Perfect
- Myself
Reverence is fatal to literature.

E. M. Forster
A majority of women's magazines feature women who do amazing things, but then the article focuses on how she ruined it with her shoes.

Caitlin Moran
- Women
- She
- Amazing
As football gets more globalised, it's probably more important than ever to have one or two players in your team who have grown up in the same streets or been to the same schools as the hard-core fans.

Gary Neville
- Up
- Important
- Team