It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs. - Thomas Hardy

Many besides Angel have learnt that the magnitude of lives is not as to their external displacements but as to their subjective experiences.

There was a change in Boldwood's exterior from its former impassibleness; and his face showed that he was now living outside his defences for the first time, and with a fearful sense of exposure. It is the usual experience of strong natures when they love.

I determined you should come; and you have come! I have shown my power.