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Thomas Hardy Quotes about Heaven

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The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him.

The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him.

Thomas Hardy
Men, Heaven, Religion

You, and those like you, take your fill of pleasure on earth by making the life of such as me bitter and black with sorrow; and then it is a fine thing, when you have had enough of that, to think of securing your pleasure in heaven by becoming converted!

Thomas Hardy
Thinking, Heaven, Black
Thomas Hardy (2016). “Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman”, p.374, Thomas Hardy

How I have tried and tried to be a splendid woman, and how destiny has been against me! ...I do not deserve my lot! ...O, the cruelty of putting me into this ill-conceived world! I was capable of much; but I have been injured and blighted and crushed by things beyond my control! O, how hard it is of Heaven to devise such tortures for me, who have done no harm to heaven at all!

Thomas Hardy
Destiny, Heaven, Done
Thomas Hardy (2006). “Return of the Native: Easyread Edition”, p.174, ReadHowYouWant.com

You are Joseph the dreamer of dreams, dear Jude. And a tragic Don Quixote. And sometimes you are St. Stephen, who, while they were stoning him, could see Heaven opened. Oh, my poor friend and comrade, you'll suffer yet!

Thomas Hardy
Dream, Heaven, Suffering
Thomas Hardy (2016). “Jude the Obscure: Works of Hardy”, p.179, 谷月社

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