Perhaps his might be one of the natures where a wise estimate of consequences is fused in the fires of that passionate belief which determines the consequences it believes in.
George EliotWhether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do without it.
George EliotYou may try — but you can never imagine what it is to have a man's force of genius in you, and yet to suffer the slavery of being a girl.
George Eliot