It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs.

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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I am the family face; flesh perishes, I live on.

I am the family face; flesh perishes, I live on.

Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel.

Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel.

There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing something that isn't there.

There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing something that isn't there.

There are accents in the eye which are not on the tongue, and more tales...

There are accents in the eye which are not on the tongue, and more tales...

The sky was clear - remarkably clear - and the twinkling of all the stars...

The sky was clear - remarkably clear - and the twinkling of all the stars...

The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfilment of that...

The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfilment of that...

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

Why should a man's mind have been thrown into such close, sad, sensational, inexplicable relations...

Why should a man's mind have been thrown into such close, sad, sensational, inexplicable relations...

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let...

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let...

No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure.

No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure.

The offhand decision of some commonplace mind high in office at a critical moment influences...

The offhand decision of some commonplace mind high in office at a critical moment influences...

The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that...

The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that...

Yes; quaint and curious war is! You shoot a fellow down you'd treat if met...

Yes; quaint and curious war is! You shoot a fellow down you'd treat if met...

Aspect are within us, and who seems most kingly is king.

Aspect are within us, and who seems most kingly is king.

My opinion is that a poet should express the emotion of all the ages and...

My opinion is that a poet should express the emotion of all the ages and...

When I repress my emotions, my stomach keeps score

When I repress my emotions, my stomach keeps score

The only love that I really believe in is a mothers love for her children.

The only love that I really believe in is a mothers love for her children.