Certainly, the mistakes that we male and female mortals make when we have our own way might fairly raise some wonder that were so fond of it. – George Eliot
Animals are such agreeable friends — they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. – George Eliot
When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity. – George Eliot
There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope. – George Eliot