“Oh, Mr. Thornton, I am not good enough!''Not good enough! Don't mock my own deep feeling of unworthiness.”
— Elizabeth Gaskell“He shrank from hearing Margaret's very name mentioned; he, while he blamed her – while he was jealous of her – while he renounced her – he loved her sorely, in spite of himself.”
— Elizabeth Gaskell“I wanted to see the place where Margaret grew to what she is, even at the worst time of all, when I had no hope of ever calling her mine.”
— Elizabeth Gaskell“Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.”
— Elizabeth Gaskell