This supreme instance of Troy's goodness fell upon Gabriel's ears like the thirteenth stroke of a crazy clock.

Love is a possible strength in an actual weakness.

We colour and mould according to the wants within us whatever our eyes bring in.

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

It appears that ordinary men take wives because possession is not possible without marriage, and that ordinary women accept husbands because marriage is not possible without possession

Gabriel Oak: "It's time for you to fight your own battles... and win them too.

She was of the stuff of which great men's mothers are made. She was indispensable to high generation, feared at tea-parties, hated in shops, and loved at crises.

When a strong woman recklessly throws away her strength she is worse than a weak woman who has never had any strength to throw away.

He had been held to her by a beautiful thread which it pained him to spoil by breaking, rather than by a chain he could not break.

He was moderately truthful towards men, but to women lied like a Cretan-a system of ethics above all others calculated to win popularity at the first flush of admission into lively society.

But you are too lovely even to care to be kind as others are.

Never dress down for the poor. They won't respect you for it. They want their First Lady to look like a million dollars.

You want to be like a ticking bomb. As calm as possible before the fight, to save energy… But ready to explode the second you step into the cage.

I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying.

Just be truthful - and if you can fake that, you've got it made.

This morning, due to a massive storm, at least 150,000 people in San Francisco were left without power. Of course, people in San Francisco without power are usually called Republicans.

It's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies

Spiritual love is without limits or boundaries. Worldly love is superficial and fluctuating.

Wisdom and power follow endurance and patience.

This is one of the cruelties of the theatre of life; we all think of ourselves as stars and rarely recognize it when we are indeed mere supporting characters or even supernumeraries.

Don't murmur and rebel in your hour of adversity. Trust in God in every trial.