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A Pair of Blue Eyes
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"A Pair of Blue Eyes" Quotes

A young woman navigates love, desire, and societal expectations in Victorian England.

Quotes

A man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

Thomas Hardy

silence

It is not a lover's kiss, but the kiss of an enemy.

Thomas Hardy

love

A man's power of loving is in proportion to his power of suffering.

Thomas Hardy

lovesuffering

Love is faith, and faith is love.

Thomas Hardy

lovefaith

The world is bright, and I am dark.

Thomas Hardy

contrast

To be loved to madness, such was her great desire.

Thomas Hardy

lovedesire

In the end, life kills everything.

Thomas Hardy

lifemortality

Love is the only thing that will last.

Thomas Hardy

love

The world is too much with us, and we are too much with the world.

Thomas Hardy

worldsociety

Love is a flower that grows in the crannies of the soul.

Thomas Hardy

lovesoul