George Eliot: Trending quotes (page 7)

“We learn words by rote, but not their meaning; that must be paid for with our life-blood, and printed in the subtle fibres of our nerves.”

“A woman dictates before marriage in order that she may have an appetite for submission afterwards.”

“Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress.”

“She hates everything that is not what she longs for.”

“I protest against any absolute conclusion.”

“He distrusted her affection; and what loneliness is more lonely than distrust.”

“Destiny stands by sarcastic with our dramatis personae folded in her hand.”

“A man falling into dark waters seeks a momentary footing even on sliding stones.”

“Few things hold the perception more thoroughly captive than anxiety about what we have got to say”

“What a different result one gets by changing the metaphor!”

“Her own misery filled her heart—there was no room in it for other people's sorrow.”

“We all remember epochs in our experience when some dear expectation dies, or some new motive is born.”

“I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same kind. But the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. This is the world of light and speech, and I shall take leave to tell you that you are very dear.”

“It's a father's duty to give his sons a fine chance.”

“Perfect love has a breath of poetry which can exalt the relations of the least-instructed human beings.”

“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.”

“All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.”

“I am not quite sure whether clever men ever dance.”

“Consequences are unpitying. Our”