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When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.

George Eliot

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.
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Dead Forgotten never Our Them Until
What a wretched lot of old shrivelled creatures we shall be by-and-by. Never mind – the uglier we get in the eyes of others, the lovelier we shall be to each other; that has always been my firm faith about friendship.
GEORGE ELIOT

Bever Creature Eyes Lovelier Mind Old Other Shall Shriveleld Uglier Watch
Men outlive their love, but they don’t outlive the consequences of their recklessness.
GEORGE ELIOT

Consequence Men Outlive Recklessness
When 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.
GEORGE ELIOT

Bash Burning God Make Presence Through
Any coward can fight a battle when he’s sure of winning.
GEORGE ELIOT

Battle Coward Fight Sure Win
One can say everything best over a meal.
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Bst Can Everything Meal One Over Say
There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.
GEORGE ELIOT

Account Country Deal Explanation Great Gust Storm Taken Ummpapped
Her little butterfly soul fluttered incessantly between memory and dubious expectation.
GEORGE ELIOT

Butterfly Dubious Expectation Futtered Incessantly Little Memory Soul
I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same mind. But the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. This is the world of light and speech, and I shall take leave to tell you that you are very dear.
GEORGE ELIOT

Also Like Love Mind Same Sure Told
Life is too precious to be spent in this weaving and unweaving of false impressions, and it is better to live quietly under some degree of misrepresentation than to attempt to remove it by the uncertain process of letter-writing.
GEORGE ELIOT

Better Degree False Impression Life Live Precious Quitely Some Spend Under Unweaving Wear
A patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.
GEORGE ELIOT

Always Disposition Meaner Patronizing Side
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.
GEORGE ELIOT

Darkest Earth Fell Keenly Light Made Night Star Start Upon
It’s never too late to be who you were meant to be.
GEORGE ELIOT

Be Late Meant never To Too
Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.
GEORGE ELIOT

Abstain Bless Evidence Fact Man Nothing Say Wordy
If the past is not to bind us, where can duty lie? We should have no law but the inclination of the moment.
GEORGE ELIOT

Bind Duty Lie Pst Us
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.
GEORGE ELIOT

Angel Come Golden Know Life Moment Nothing Only Part Rush See Stream Vista

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.

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