“Justice” was done, and the President of the Immortals (in Aeschylean phrase) had ended his sport with Tess.”

“Bless thy simplicity, Tess”

“It was terribly beautiful to Tess today, for since her eyes last fell upon it she had learnt that the serpent hisses where the sweet birds sing.”

“Tis because we be on a blighted star, and not a sound one, isn't it Tess?”

“As soon as she could discern the outline of the house, it had all its old effect upon Tess's imagination. Part of her body and life it ever seemed to be; the slope of its dormers, the finish of its gables, the broken courses of brick which topped the chimney, all had something in common with her personal character.”

“She might have seen that what had bowed her head so profoundly - the thought of the world's concern at her situation - was founded on illusion. She was not an existence, an experience, a passion, a structure of sensations, to anybody but herself. To all humankind besides, Tess was only a passing thought.”

“you temptress,Tess; you dear damned witch of Babylon- I could not resist you as soon as I met you again.”