It is always fatal to have music or poetry interrupted.George Eliot
I at least have so much to do in unraveling certain human lots, and seeing how they were woven and interwoven, that all the light I can command must be concentrated on this particular web, and not dispersed over that tempting range of relevancies called the universe.George Eliot
One can begin so many things with a new person! - even begin to be a better man.George Eliot
We mortals, men and women, devour many a disappointment between breakfast and dinner-time; keep back the tears and look a little pale about the lips, and in answer to inquiries say, 'Oh, nothing!' Pride helps; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our own hurts--not to hurt others.George Eliot
Sane people did what their neighbours did, so that if any lunatics were at large, one might know and avoid them.George Eliot
And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better.George Eliot
It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.George Eliot
Passion is but a prelude to years of gradual unfolding.George Eliot
In poor Rosamond's mind there was not room enough for luxuries to look small in.George Eliot
But certainly, the mistakes that we male and female mortals make when we have our own way might fairly raise some wonder that we are so fond of it.George Eliot