I flutter all ways, and fly in none.
GEORGE ELIOTWhen God makes His presence felt through us, we are like the burning bush: Moses never took any heed what sort of bush it was—he only saw the brightness of the Lord.
More George Eliot Quotes
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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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Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it.
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Appearances have very little to do with happiness.
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There are many victories worse than a defeat.
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The darkest night that ever fell upon the earth never hid the light, never put out the stars. It only made the stars more keenly, kindly glancing, as if in protest against the darkness.
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Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.
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Examining the world in order to find consolation is very much like looking carefully over the pages of a great book in order to find our own name . … Whether we find what we want or not, our preoccupation has hindered us from a true knowledge of the contents.
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Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?
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But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
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Any coward can fight a battle when he’s sure of winning; but give me the man who has the pluck to fight when he’s sure of losing.
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I like not only to be loved, but to be told that I am loved; the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave.
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Souls live on in perpetual echoes.
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Joy and sorrow are both my perpetual companions, but the joy is called Past and the sorrow Present.
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Vague memories hang about the mind like cobwebs.
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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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