How lovely the little river is, with its dark changing wavelets! It seems to me like a living companion while I wander along the bank, and listen to its low, placid voice… – George Eliot
It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees. – George Eliot
A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. – George Eliot
Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are. – George Eliot
In Afghanistan, there is a plan to build democracy hundreds of thousands of troops are protecting it. There is a plan to rebuild and reconstruct there. But many thousands of Americans die from violence and poverty every year and we dont have a plan for reconstruction at home. – Jesse Jackson