"Precious Bane" Quotes
A young woman with a disfigured lip must navigate love, loss, and societal expectations in rural England.
classics | 328 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
The heart has its own language. I know not how to speak, save in love's tongue.
The world is full of love that most folk never find.
Beauty's a thing as bright and fierce as a red flower, but it's not a thing you can trust. It won't last.
A man can look a woman in the face and if he's a mind to he can see the beauty of her soul shining out through her eyes.
There's a sort of anger that comes over a man when he's tired of being hurt and deceived.
There's a kind of feeling a woman has when she knows she's the only one as can bring comfort to a certain man.
Life's a queer business, and there's no accounting for folks' ways.
It's a poor heart that can't laugh at its own misfortunes.
Some things can't be spoke in words. They got to be felt and knowed.
There's naught so cruel as a woman when she's angered.
