"One is forced, step by step, to get experience in the world; but the learning is so disagreeable." - Charlotte Brontë
This quote does not appear in one of Brontë's novels, but in a letter featured in Elizabeth Gaskell's Life of Charlotte Brontë. Miss Brontë's life was not an easy one, but a series of disagreeable experiences.
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Showing posts with label elizabeth gaskell. Show all posts
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Return no evil for evil
From Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell's Wives and Daughters:
"...don't repeat evil on any authority unless you can do some good by speaking about it."
"...don't repeat evil on any authority unless you can do some good by speaking about it."
Friday, October 1, 2010
Lovely fools!
From Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell:
"But sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom."
And this quote by Mr. Gibson is so true in the case of poor Cynthia -- it is only her foolish love that makes her likable. Her calculated relationships are what makes the detestable parts of her character. But her love for Molly is very, very sweet.
"But sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom."
And this quote by Mr. Gibson is so true in the case of poor Cynthia -- it is only her foolish love that makes her likable. Her calculated relationships are what makes the detestable parts of her character. But her love for Molly is very, very sweet.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Ah...Regret
From Cynthia Kirkpatrick in Elizabeth Gaskell's Wives and Daughters:
"How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging wrongly..."
Cynthia's life is not one of forethought, but rather one of regret.
"How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging wrongly..."
Cynthia's life is not one of forethought, but rather one of regret.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Sleepless in Manchester
From Elizabeth Gaskell's Mary Barton:
"A sleepless bed is a haunted place."
I have often had this same thought but could never have expressed it as well and as simply as Gaskell has here.
"A sleepless bed is a haunted place."
I have often had this same thought but could never have expressed it as well and as simply as Gaskell has here.
Monday, April 19, 2010
So apt...
From Elizabeth Gaskell's Mary Barton:
"...she could not abide fire-arms, they were so apt to shoot people."
This should really be the slogan of all of the gun-control advocates....
"...she could not abide fire-arms, they were so apt to shoot people."
This should really be the slogan of all of the gun-control advocates....
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Sweet Sixteen
From Elizabeth Gaskell's Mary Barton
"...trust a girl of sixteen for knowing it well if she is pretty; concerning her plainness she may be ignorant."
Gaskell certainly describes even most modern 16-year-old girls perfectly!
Monday, March 22, 2010
Miss Jenkyns
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
"Miss Jenkyns wore a cravat, and a little bonnet like a jockey-cap, and altogether had the appearance of a strong-minded woman; although she would have despised the modern idea of women being equal to men. Equal, indeed! she knew they were superior."
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Elegant Economy!
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
In Cranford...
...economy was always "elegant," and money-spending always "vulgar and ostentatious"; a sort of sour-grapeism which made us very peaceful and satisfied.
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