We are contented with our day when we have been able to bear our grief in silence, and act as if we were not suffering.
George EliotI would rather not be engaged. When people are engaged, they begin to think of being married soon, and I should like everything to go on for a long while just as it is.
George EliotLove at its highest flood rushes beyond its object, and loses itself in the sense of divine mystery.
George Eliot