Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them. – Thomas Hardy
I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence. – Thomas Hardy

Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them. – Thomas Hardy
I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence. – Thomas Hardy
Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change. – Thomas Hardy
Ethelberta breathed a sort of exclamation, not right out, but stealthily, like a parsons damn. – Thomas Hardy