It is pleasant to have a kind word now and then when one is not near enough to have a kind glance or a hearty shake by the hand.
George EliotThe right to rebellion is the right to seek a higher rule, and not to wander in mere lawlessness.
George EliotThere are natures in which, if they love us, we are conscious of having a sort of baptism and consecration.
George EliotThe mother's love is at first an absorbing delight, blunting all other sensibilities; it is an expansion of the animal existence.
George Eliot