I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music.
George EliotOne's self-satisfaction is an untaxed kind of property which it is very unpleasant to find deprecated.
George EliotShall we, because we walk on our hind feet, assume to ourselves only the privilege of imperishability?
George EliotMen and women make sad mistakes about their own symptoms, taking their vague uneasy longings, sometimes for genius, sometimes for religion, and oftener still for a mighty love.
George Eliot