George Eliot

there are many blanks left in the weeks of courtship, which a loving faith fills with happy assurance. ↗

— George Eliot

#faith

Hans: [Y]ou can't conceive what a great fellow I'm going to be. The seed of immortality has sprouted within me. Deronda: Only a fungoid growth, I daresay - a crowing disease in the lungs. ↗

— George Eliot

#humor

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined to strengthen each other, to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories ↗

— George Eliot

#memories #soul #soulmates #love

If Art does not enlarge men’s sympathies, it does nothing morally. ↗

— George Eliot

#george-eliot #literature #art

Her anger said, as anger is apt to say, that God was with her— that all heaven, though it were crowded with spirits watching them, must be on her side. ↗

— George Eliot

#self-justification #anger

Who with repentance is not satisfied, is not of heaven, nor earth. ↗

— George Eliot

#life

Every man's work, pursued steadily, tends to become an end in itself, and so to bridge over the loveless chasms of his life. ↗

— George Eliot

#love #work #life

But with regard to critical occasions, it often happens that all moments seem comfortably remote until the last. ↗

— George Eliot

#life

Men, like planets, have both a visible and invisible history. ↗

— George Eliot

#life

The wit of a family is usually best received among strangers. ↗

— George Eliot

#family