Thomas Hardy

"New love is the brightest and long love is the greatest. But revived love is the tenderest thing known on earth."

- Thomas Hardy

"Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity."

- Thomas Hardy

"The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes."

- Thomas Hardy

"Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change."

- Thomas Hardy

"Rays from the sunrise drew forth the buds and stretched them into long stalks, lifted up sap in noiseless streams, opened petals, and sucked out scents in invisible jets and breathings."

- Thomas Hardy