East Lynne

“Shakespeare calls jealousy yellow and green; I think it may be called black and white for it most assuredly views white as black, and black as white. The most fanciful surmises wear the aspect of truth, the greatest improbabilities appear as consistent realities.””

— Henry, Mrs. Wood

“A very pretty woman, tall and slender, was she, and she minced as she walked, and coquetted with her head, and, altogether, contrived to show that she had quite as much vanity as brains.””

— Henry, Mrs. Wood

“misery marks the countenance worse than sickness.””

— Henry, Mrs. Wood

“Mr Carlyle has more sense than all the rest of West Lynne put together,’ complacently observed Afy. ‘Living with Richard Hare! why, I’d rather go and live with a scalped red Indian who goes about with his body tattooed in place of clothes, and keeps sixteen wives.””

— Henry, Mrs. Wood

“Every good thing will come with time that we earnestly seek" said Mr. Carlyle.””

— Henry, Mrs. Wood

“Never let people talk secrets before children, for be assured that they comprehend a vast deal more than is expedient; the saying "that little pitchers have great ears" is wonderfully true.””

— Henry, Mrs. Wood

“true love is ever timid;””

— Henry, Mrs. Wood

“No luck ever attends runaway marriages;””

— Henry, Mrs. Wood

“and, in the ardour of the moment, Mr Jiffin laid himself, his hand, and his cheesemongery at Afy’s feet.””

— Henry, Mrs. Wood