When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity. – George Eliot
Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly. – George Eliot

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity. – George Eliot
Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly. – George Eliot
A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. – George Eliot
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