In so complex a thing as human nature, we must consider it is hard to find rules without exception.
George EliotIn the man whose childhood has known caresses and kindness, there is always a fiber of memory that can be touched to gentle issues.
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 Eliot