Her little butterfly soul fluttered incessantly between memory and dubious expectation.
GEORGE ELIOTConsequences are unpitying.
More George Eliot Quotes
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The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.
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There is no killing the suspicion that deceit has once begotten.
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We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been.
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The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
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There is a great deal of unmapped country within us.
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It is pleasant to have a kind word now and then when one is not near enough to have a kind glance or a hearty shake by the hand.
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Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.
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If the past is not to bind us, where can duty lie? We should have no law but the inclination of the moment.
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And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better.
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I think I dislike what I don’t like more than I like what I like.
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Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.
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It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them.
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The best travel is that which one can take by one’s own fireside. In memory or imagination.
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Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.
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It is as useless to fight against the interpretations of ignorance as to whip the fog.
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