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Quote by George Eliot
A womans heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must

A womans heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must be pressed small, like Chinese feet her happiness is to be made as cakes are, by a fixed recipe. – George Eliot

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But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy. – George Eliot

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Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are. – George Eliot

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Every age has its happiness and troubles. – Jeanne Calment

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Genuine happiness can only be achieved when we transform our way of life from the unthinking pursuit of pleasure to one committed to enriching our inner lives, when we focus on being more rather than simply having more. – Daisaku Ikeda

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Im interested in the dark side of man. Im interested in taboos, and murder is the greatest taboo. Characters are fascinating in their extremity, not in their happiness. – Elizabeth George

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Why love if losing hurts so much? I have no answers anymore only the life I have lived. The pain now is part of the happiness then. – Anthony Hopkins

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Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly. – George Eliot

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I have heard people eat most heartily of another mans meat, that is, what they do not pay for. – William Wycherley

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Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain…. [A]ccept the seasons of your heart, even as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields…. – Khalil Gibran, The Prophet

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To see a player dunk in womens college basketball is just amazing. Its great to see that the game has reached that level now. – Holly Johnson

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