George Gissing
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George Gissing (1857-11-22 – 1903-12-28) was a British novelist.
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- It is our duty never to speak ill of others, you know; least of all when we know that to do so will be the cause of much pain and trouble.
- The Unclassed (1884), ch. 1: School
- 'A man who comes to be hanged,' pursued Jasper, impartially, 'has the satisfaction of knowing that he has brought society to its last resource.[…]'
- New Grub Street (1891), ch. 1: A Man of His Day
- I tell you, writing is a business.
- New Grub Street (1891), ch. 1: A Man of His Day
- I maintain that we people of brains are justified in supplying the mob with the food it likes.
- New Grub Street (1891), ch. 1: A Man of His Day
- No, no; women, old or young, should never have to think about money.
- The Odd Women (1893), ch. 1
- The thought, however, of his girls having to work for money was so utterly repulsive to him that he could never seriously dwell upon it.
- The Odd Women (1893), ch. 1
- The insult was thrown out with a peculiarly reckless air; it astounded the hearer, who sat for an instant with staring eyes and lips apart; then the blood rushed to his cheeks.
- Eve's Ransom (1895), ch. 1
- How I dreaded the white page I had to foul with ink!
- The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft (1903): Spring
- For the man sound in body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every sky has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously.
- The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft (1903): Winter
- To be at other people's orders brings out all the bad in me.
- Will Warburton (1905), ch. 3
