The Complete Novels of Mrs Gaskell Quotes

“Of all trite, worn-out, hollow mockeries of comfort that were ever uttered by people who will not take the trouble of sympathising with others, the one I dislike the most is the exhortation not to grieve over an event, “for it cannot be helped.” Do you think if I could help it, I would sit still with folded hands, content to mourn? Do you not believe that as long as hope remained I would be up and doing? I mourn because what has occurred cannot be helped. The reason you give me for not grieving, is the very sole reason of my grief.”
― Elizabeth Gaskell, Elizabeth Gaskell: The Complete Novels

“That doubt and trouble, fear and pain, And anguish, all, are shadows vain, That death itself shall not remain; That weary deserts we may tread, A dreary labyrinth may thread, Thro’ dark ways underground be led; Yet, if we will one Guide obey, The dreariest path, the darkest way Shall issue out in heavenly day; And we, on divers shores now cast, Shall meet, our perilous voyage past, All in our Father’s house at last!’ R. C. TRENCH.”
― Elizabeth Gaskell, The Complete Novels of Mrs Gaskell

“It is well for us that we live at the present time, when everybody is logical and consistent.”
― Elizabeth Gaskell, The Complete Novels of Mrs Gaskell