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The quotations of

Thomas Hardy

English novelist and poet

1840–1928

25 quotes, most often on Love, Morality and Marriage.

Growing up brought responsibilities, he found. Events did not rhyme quite as he had thought. Nature’s logic was too horrid for him to care for. That mercy towards one set of creatures was cruelty towards another sickened his sense of harmony.
Jude the Obscure (1895), Part First: At Marygreen, Chapter IIIn context
- Maturity
- Nature
If he could only prevent himself growing up! He did not want to be a man.
Jude the Obscure (1895), Part First: At Marygreen, Chapter IIIn context
- Maturity
- Youth

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