He could remember all about it now; the pitiful figure he must have cut; the absurd way in … - Elizabeth Gaskell

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I keep saying this about a mental state, but the more that I am physically active, the more that my mind is clear.

Elizabeth Gaskell

He could remember all about it now; the pitiful figure he must have cut; the absurd way in which he had gone and done the very thing he had so often agreed with himself in thinking would be the most foolish thing in the world; and had met with exactly the consequences which, in these wise moods, he had always foretold were certain to follow, if he ever did make such a fool of himself.

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