Explain! Tell a man to explain how he dropped into hell! Explain my preference! I never had a PREFERENCE for her, any more than I have a preference for breathing. No other woman exists by the side of her. I would rather touch her hand if it were dead, than I would touch any other woman's living.
George EliotI don't want the world to give me anything for my books except money enough to save me from the temptation to write only for money.
George EliotThe years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down.
George EliotMiserliness is a capital quality to run in families; it's the safe side for madness to dip on.
George Eliot