How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Book.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"In what way is that? You have been thinking you wished you did not love me."
"How can a man wish that, and yet love on? No, Eustacia."
"Men can, women cannot" (3.4.18-20)
We don't have a ton of instances of gender debates in this novel, at least not very explicit ones, but the ones we do have that are stated outright are definitely worth noting. Here, Eustacia insists that men can stop loving easier than women can, and she's likely influenced by her experience with Damon.
Quote #11
"Don't mistake me, Clym: though I should like Paris, I love you for yourself alone. To be your wife and live in Paris would be heaven for me; but I would rather live with you in a hermitage here than not be yours at all. It is gain to me either way, very great gain. There's my too candid confession." (3.4.68)
This might be the most honest, or the most dishonest, thing Eustacia says in the entire novel. Yeah, it's confusing. She genuinely seems to love Clym and refers to any existence with him as a "very great gain" for herself. But she is also drastically understating her desire to go to Paris here by saying that she'd "like" it.
Quote #12
"Yes, I fear we are cooling – I see it as well as you," she sighed mournfully. "And how madly we loved two months ago!" (4.2.80)
Love is definitely fleeting in this book, as we see by Eustacia's reference to "two months." Details like this help to emphasize the whirlwind nature of Clym and Eustacia's romance.