Perfect love has a breath of poetry which can exalt the relations of the least-instructed human beings.
George EliotShe thought it was part of the hardship of her life that there was laid upon her the burthen of larger wants than others seemed to feel – that she had to endure this wide hopeless yearning for that something, whatever it was, that was greatest and best on this earth.
George EliotThe right to rebellion is the right to seek a higher rule, and not to wander in mere lawlessness.
George EliotWe have all our secret sins; and if we knew ourselves we should not judge each other harshly.
George Eliot