But with regard to critical occasions, it often happens that all moments seem comfortably remote until the last.
George EliotLove at its highest flood rushes beyond its object, and loses itself in the sense of divine mystery.
George EliotHow 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 EliotIgnorance is not so damnable as humbug, but when it prescribes pills it may happen to do more harm.
George Eliot