Yes! He knew how she would love. He had not loved her without gaining that instinctive knowledge of what capabilities were in her. Her soul would walk in glorious sunlight if any man was worthy, by his power of loving, to win back her love.
Elizabeth GaskellI dare not hope. I never was fainthearted before; but I cannot believe such a creature cares for me.
Elizabeth GaskellWhat other people may think of the rightness or wrongness is nothing in comparison to my own deep knowledge, my innate conviction that it was wrong.
Elizabeth GaskellI don't believe there's a man in Milton who knows how to sit still; and it is a great art.
Elizabeth Gaskell