Her little butterfly soul fluttered incessantly between memory and dubious expectation.
Quoted by George Eliot
Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music.
Quoted by George Eliot
Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through.
Quoted by George Eliot
Upon my word, I think the truth is the hardest missile one can be pelted with.
Quoted by George Eliot
Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous.
Quoted by George Eliot
I've always felt that your belongings have never been on a level with you.
Quoted by George Eliot
If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?
Quoted by George Eliot
Blameless people are always the most exasperating.
Quoted by George Eliot
Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities.
Quoted by George Eliot
Uncomfortable thoughts must be got rid of by good intentions for the future,
Quoted by George Eliot
Every limit is a beginning as well as an ending.
Quoted by George Eliot
The brethren sometimes err in measuring the Divine love by the sinner's knowledge.
Quoted by George Eliot
The devil tempts us not; 'tis we who tempt him, beckoning his skill with opportunity.
Quoted by George Eliot
She had forgotten his faults as we forget the sorrows of our departed childhood.
Quoted by George Eliot
She handled it (her trade) with all the grace that belongs to mastery.
Quoted by George Eliot
The memory has as many moods as the temper, and shifts its scenery like a diorama.
Quoted by George Eliot
We cannot help the way in which people speak of us . . .
Quoted by George Eliot
He sat watching what went forward with the quiet outward glance of healthy old age.
Quoted by George Eliot
Men outlive their love, but they don't outlive the consequences of their recklessness.
Quoted by George Eliot
What can promote innocent mirth, and I may say virtue, more than a good riddle?
Quoted by George Eliot