This description of Tom's mother occurs about one-third of the way into Chapter 8. Open up to Chapter 8 in your copy of the novel, and go ahead and skip past a few pages. Now start skimming, looking for a long paragraph that starts with the sentence "Tom stood looking in." Once you find that paragraph, head to about the center of it, and you'll find the beginning of that quote ("Her hazel eyes seemed to...").
Alternatively, you can find a full-text copy of the novel online, or download an ebook version, and simply use your device's or browser's search function to locate a phrase in the quote. Try searching for an unusual cluster of words within your quote, such as "all possible tragedy" or "superhuman understanding." If one cluster of words doesn't turn up anything in the search, try a different one. Sometimes the search function has trouble recognizing the text in the particular spot you're looking for, especially with older novels like this one, which was probably translated into its computerized form by a program that may have misinterpreted individual letters.
Lastly, another way to find a quote when you're not sure where to start looking is to simply Google it. You might discover blogs or other discussions in which people have found this quote and chatted about why they liked it so much, and in those discussions, they might reveal where exactly it is in the book.
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