| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 2e49795 | He had been held to her by a beautiful thread which it pained him to spoil by breaking, rather than by a chain he could not break. | classic far-from-the-madding-crowd fiction gabriel-oak romance | Thomas Hardy | |
| f971c62 | Don't take on about her, Gabriel. What difference does it make whose sweetheart she is, since she can't be yours?' 'That's the very thing I say to myself,' said Gabriel. | far-from-the-madding-crowd gabriel-oak rivals thomas-hardy unrequited-love | Thomas Hardy | |
| 779c504 | You know, mistress, that I love you, and shall love you always | declarations-of-love far-from-the-madding-crowd gabriel-oak love-you-forever loyal romantic steadfast thomas-hardy | Thomas Hardy |