Gaskell North And South Quotes & Sayings

He loved her, and would love her; and defy her, and this miserable bodily pain. — Elizabeth Gaskell

She is too perfect to be known by fragments. No mean brick shall be a specimen of the building of my palace. — Elizabeth Gaskell

It is bad to believe you in error. It would be infinitely worse to have known you a hypocrite. — Elizabeth Gaskell

Of all faults the one she most despised in others was the want of bravery; the meanness of heart which leads to untruth. — Elizabeth Gaskell

Margaret the Churchwoman, her father the Dissenter, Higgins the Infidel, knelt down together. It did them no harm. — Elizabeth Gaskell

Oh, I can't describe my home. It is home, and I can't put its charm into words — Elizabeth Gaskell

Oh, my Margaret
my Margaret! no one can tell what you are to me! Dead
cold as you lie there you are the only woman I ever loved! Oh, Margaret
Margaret! — Elizabeth Gaskell

Take care. -If you do not speak- I shall claim you as my own in some presumptuous way. -Send me away at once, if I must go; -Margaret!- — Elizabeth Gaskell