Once victim, always victim — thats the law! – Thomas Hardy

It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs. – Thomas Hardy
My argument is that War makes rattling good history but Peace is poor reading. – Thomas Hardy
The troubles of the young are soon over; they leave no external mark. If you wound the tree in its youth the bark will quickly cover the gash; but when the tree is very old, peeling the bark off, and looking carefully, you will see the scar there still. All that is buried is not dead. – Olive Schreiner
When a mans life is destroyed or damaged by some wound or privation of soul or body, which is due to other mens actions or negligence, it is not only his sensibility that suffers but also his aspiration toward the good. Therefore there has been sacrilege towards that which is sacred in him. – Simone Weil
