Thomas Hardy Quotes about Suffering

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Sometimes a woman's love of being loved gets the better of her conscience, and though she is agonized at the thought of treating a man cruelly, she encourages him to love her while she doesn't love him at all. Then,

Sometimes a woman's love of being loved gets the better of her conscience, and though she is agonized at the thought of treating a man cruelly, she encourages him to love her while she doesn't love him at all. Then, when she sees him suffering, her remorse sets in, and she does what she can to repair the wrong.

Thomas Hardy

Sex, Men, Suffering

Thomas Hardy (2006). “Jude the Obscure: Easyread Edition”, p.68, ReadHowYouWant.com

...the figure near at hand suffers on such occasions, because it shows up its sorriness without shade; while vague figures afar off are honored, in that their distance makes artistic virtues of their stains. In considering what Tess was not, he overlooked what she was, and forgot that the defective can be more than the entire.

Thomas Hardy

Distance, Hands, Suffering

Thomas Hardy (1995). “Thomas Hardy: Three Great Novels”, JG Press

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

Thomas Hardy Quotes about Suffering

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