George Eliot

Strange, that some of us, with quick alternate vision, see beyond our infatuations, and even while we rave on the read more

Strange, that some of us, with quick alternate vision, see beyond our infatuations, and even while we rave on the heights, behold the wide plain where our persistent self pauses and awaits us.

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular read more

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion.

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.

The law's made to take care o' raskills.

The law's made to take care o' raskills.

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.