How is it that the poets have said so many fine things about our first love, so few about our later love? Are their first poems their best? or are not those the best which come from their fuller thought, their larger experience, their deeper-rooted affections? The boy's flute-like voice has its own spring charm; but the man should yield a richer, deeper music.
George EliotEach thought is a nail that is driven In structures that cannot decay; And the mansion at last will be given To us as we build it each day.
George EliotThe best travel is that which one can take by one's own fireside. In memory or imagination.
George EliotI can't bear fishing. I think people look like fools sitting watching a line hour after hour-or else throwing and throwing, and catching nothing.
George Eliot