Butterfly

“To be lectured because the lecturer saw her in the cold morning light of open-shuttered disillusion was exasperating.”
― Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd

“A man's body is as the shell, or the tablet, of his soul, as he is reserved or ingenuous, overflowing or self-contained.”
― Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd

“He had a quick comprehension and considerable force of character; but, being without the power to combine them, the comprehension became engaged with trivialities whilst waiting for the will to direct it, and the force wasted itself in useless grooves through unheeding the comprehension.”
― Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd

“He resolved never again, by look or by sign, to interrupt the steady flow of this man's life.”
― Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd