But responsibility hardens the heart. It must. Auteur: Ford Madox Ford Copy Quote More from Ford Madox Ford “But the real fierceness of desire, the real heat of a passion long continued an…” “The war had made a man of him! It had coarsened him and hardened him. There was…” “If for nine years I have possessed a goodly apple that is rotten at the core an…” “He thought he suddenly understood. For the Lincon-shire sergeant-major the word…”