The mother's love is at first an absorbing delight, blunting all other sensibilities; it is an expansion of the animal existence. George Eliot More Quotes by George Eliot More Quotes From George Eliot She was no longer wrestling with the grief, George Eliot sadgriefwrestling I don't see how a man is to be good for much unless he has some one woman to love him dearly. George Eliot womenbe-goodmen Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends? George Eliot nonsenseragesometimes Don't judge a book by its cover George Eliot haste-makes-wastejudgingbook Many an irritating fault, many an unlovely oddity, has come of a hard sorrow. George Eliot odditiesfaultssorrow I'm not one of those that can see the cat in the dairy and wonder what she's there for. George Eliot dairycatwonder I am influenced at the present time by far higher considerations and by a nobler idea of duty than I ever was when I held the Evangelical belief. George Eliot atheismbeliefideas A man falling into dark waters seeks a momentary footing even on sliding stones. George Eliot darkmenfall If troubles were put up to market, I'd sooner buy old than new. It's something to have seen the worst. George Eliot worsttroubleifs Mighty is the force of motherhood! It transforms all things by its vital heat. George Eliot heatforcemotherhood Death was not to be a leap: it was to be a long descent under thickening shadows. George Eliot shadowdyinglong [It is easier] to quell emotion than to incur the consequences of venting it. George Eliot ventingeasieremotion For character too is a process and an unfoldingamong our valued friends is there not someone or other who is a little too self confident and disdainful; whose distinguished mind is a little spotted with commonness; who is a little pinched here and protruberent there with native prejudices; or whose better energies are liable to lapse down the wrong channel under the influence of transient solicitations? George Eliot selfmindcharacter Resolve will melt no rocks. But it can scale them. George Eliot scalesrocksdetermination You are a good young man," she said. "But I do not like husbands. I will never have another. George Eliot husbandsaidmen Justice is like the kingdom of God--it is not without us as a fact, it is within us as a great yearning. George Eliot kingdomsjusticefacts I found it better for my soul to be humble before the mysteries o' God's dealings, and not be making a clatter about what I could never understand. George Eliot soulhumblegod We have all our secret sins; and if we knew ourselves we should not judge each other harshly. George Eliot sinjudgingsecret It cuts one sadly to see the grief of old people; they've no way o' working it off; and the new spring brings no new shoots out on the withered tree. George Eliot cuttinggriefspring Particular lies may speak a general truth. George Eliot speakmaylying
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