How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Book.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #13
"I meant nothing by it," replied Wildeve. "It was a mere interlude. Men are given to the trick of having a passing fancy for somebody else in the midst of a permanent love, which reasserts itself afterwards just as before." (4.6.32)
Damon Wildeve gives men everywhere a bad name. Here he manages to downplay his unfaithful nature, first by referring to "men" in general (the equivalent of citing the always vague "they") and then using words like "trick" and "passing fancy," which implies that dating two women at once is just a silly game.
Quote #14
She loved him partly because he was exceptional in this scene, partly because she had determined to love him, chiefly because she was in desperate need of loving somebody after wearying of Wildeve. (2.6.38)
We love it when the narrator is blunt like this. But that's not to say that there's nothing to analyze here. The narrator gives it to us straight, but we are left with a lot of crucial information about Eustacia's character. Basically, Eustacia is desperate and determined to fall in love and thereby liven up Egdon. But why is she driven to this emotional state in the first place? This passage definitely begs the question.
Quote #15
Of love it may be said, the less earthly the less demonstrative. In its absolutely indestructible form it reaches a profundity in which all exhibition of itself is painful. (3.3.108)
Hardy is describing the relationship between Mrs. Yeobright and Clym here, which borders on being creepy, given how intense it is. But this idea of "true" love not revealing itself outwardly is very interesting, and perhaps somewhat misleading. In all the relationships in this novel, love demonstrates itself, though often not in very nice ways. The "painful exhibition" of love is unavoidable.