And he could glance at her continually as she bent over the fruit,

And he could glance at her continually as she bent over the fruit, while the level evening sunbeams stole through the thick apple-tree boughs and rested on her round cheek and neck as if they too were in love with her. – George Eliot, Adam Bede

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Love
category

Where love rules, there is no will to power and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other. – Carl Jung

Category:
Love

Love to faults is always blind, always is to joy inclined. Lawless, winged, and unconfined, and breaks all chains from every mind. – William Shakespeare

Category:
Love

Love means to commit yourself without guarantee. – Anne Campbell

Category:
Love

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh. – W. H. Auden

Category:
Love

Random Quotes

When I was in the White House, I was confronted with the challenge of the Cold War. Both the Soviet Union and I had 30,000 nuclear weapons that could destroy the entire earth and I had to maintain the peace. – Jimmy Carter

Category:
Peace

I have a strong belief in God… I find religion to be a very personal thing… I am also very spiritual. – Sela Ward

Category:
Religion

I hate ready-made suits, button-down collars, and sports shirts. – Bobby Fischer

Category:
Sports

Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse. – Thomas Fuller

Category:
Travel