She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as a lasting companion and make it a sharer in her thoughts.
GEORGE ELIOTBlessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.
More George Eliot Quotes
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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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We have had an unspeakably delightful journey, one of those journeys which seem to divide one’s life in two, by the new ideas they suggest and the new views of interest they open.
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It is painful to be told that anything is very fine and not be able to feel that it is fine–something like being blind, while people talk of the sky.
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What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.
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Any coward can fight a battle when he’s sure of winning.
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Hold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with a joyful confidence.
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I desire no future that will break the ties of the past.
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And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better.
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What are a handful of reasonable men against a crowd with stones in their hands?
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.
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Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.
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Every limit is a beginning as well as an ending.
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It’s no use filling your pocket with money if you have got a hole in the corner.
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Human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty – it flows with resistless force and brings beauty with it.
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There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.
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