George Eliot

There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when read more

There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope.

A supreme love, a motive that gives a sublime rhythm to a woman's life, and exalts habit into partnership with read more

A supreme love, a motive that gives a sublime rhythm to a woman's life, and exalts habit into partnership with the soul's highest needs, is not to be had where and how she wills.

Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity

Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity

What do we live for if it is not to make life less difficult to each other.

What do we live for if it is not to make life less difficult to each other.

Pain is no evil unless it conquers us.

Pain is no evil unless it conquers us.