She hates everything that is not what she longs for.
George Eliot
Desires And Hate, Inner Conflicts, Emotional Turmoil, Hate, Desire, Conflict
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“Joy is the best of wine.” George Eliot
Joy’s Essence, Best Wine, Happiness Drink, Joy, Wine, Happiness
George Eliot Joy’s Essence, Best Wine, Happiness Drink, Joy, Wine, Happiness“If we use common words on a great occasion, they are the more striking, because they are felt at once to have a particular meaning, like old banners, or everyday clothes, hung up in a sacred place.” George Eliot
Common Words, Sacred Place, Great Occasion, Words, Sacred, Occasion
George Eliot Common Words, Sacred Place, Great Occasion, Words, Sacred, Occasion“God, immortality, duty – how inconceivable the first, how unbelievable the second, how peremptory and absolute the third.” George Eliot
God’s Concepts, Immortality’s Unbelief, Duty’s Absoluteness, God, Immortality, Duty
George Eliot God’s Concepts, Immortality’s Unbelief, Duty’s Absoluteness, God, Immortality, Duty“Perspective, as its inventor remarked, is a beautiful thing. What horrors of damp huts, where human beings languish, may not become picturesque through aerial distance!” George Eliot
Perspective, Life, View, Suffering, Art, Perception
George Eliot Perspective, Life, View, Suffering, Art, Perception“Excessive literary production is a social offense.” George Eliot
Literary Production, Social Offense, Excessive Writing, Literary, Offense, Writing
George Eliot Literary Production, Social Offense, Excessive Writing, Literary, Offense, Writing“An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.” George Eliot
Braying Ass, Shakes Stars, Good While, Stars, Bray, While
George Eliot Braying Ass, Shakes Stars, Good While, Stars, Bray, While“The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of truth.” George Eliot
Scornful Nostril, High Head, Truth Track, Nostril, Head, Truth
George Eliot Scornful Nostril, High Head, Truth Track, Nostril, Head, Truth“Sweet Truth is a queen proud and mighty – Her throne is in heaven above.” George Eliot
Mighty Truth, Queen Truth, Heavenly Throne, Truth, Queen, Throne
George Eliot Mighty Truth, Queen Truth, Heavenly Throne, Truth, Queen, Throne“If we could hear the squirrel’s heartbeat, the sound of the grass growing, we should die of that roar.” George Eliot
Squirrel Heartbeat, Grass Growing, Roar Sound, Heartbeat, Grass, Roar
George Eliot Squirrel Heartbeat, Grass Growing, Roar Sound, Heartbeat, Grass, Roar“Ignorant kindness may have the effect of cruelty; but to be angry with it as if it were direct cruelty would be an ignorant unkindness.” George Eliot
Kindness, Ignorance, Compassion, Understanding, Cruelty, Judgment
George Eliot Kindness, Ignorance, Compassion, Understanding, Cruelty, Judgment“The poverty of our imagination is no measure of say the world’s resources. Our posterity will no doubt get fuel in ways that we are unable to devise for them.” George Eliot
Imagination Poverty, World Resources, Posterity Fuel, Imagination, Resources, Fuel
George Eliot Imagination Poverty, World Resources, Posterity Fuel, Imagination, Resources, Fuel“What a different result one gets by changing the metaphor!” George Eliot
Metaphor Changes, Different Results, Interpretative Shift, Metaphor, Change, Result
George Eliot Metaphor Changes, Different Results, Interpretative Shift, Metaphor, Change, Result“The darkest night that ever fell upon the earth never hid the light, never put out the stars. It only made the stars more keenly, kindly glancing, as if in protest against the darkness.” George Eliot
Darkest Night, Stars Protest, Keenly Glancing, Night, Stars, Darkness
George Eliot Darkest Night, Stars Protest, Keenly Glancing, Night, Stars, Darkness“People who can’t be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.” George Eliot
Witty People, Devout Affectionate, Exert Devotion, Witty, Affectionate, Devout
George Eliot Witty People, Devout Affectionate, Exert Devotion, Witty, Affectionate, Devout“I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.” George Eliot
Past Ties, Future Connections, Breaking Boundaries, Future, Ties, Boundaries
George Eliot Past Ties, Future Connections, Breaking Boundaries, Future, Ties, Boundaries“Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.” George Eliot
Generate Heat, Progress Friction, Likely Iteration, Heat, Progress, Friction
George Eliot Generate Heat, Progress Friction, Likely Iteration, Heat, Progress, Friction“Childhood has no forebodings; but then, it is soothed by no memories of outlived sorrow.” George Eliot
Childhood Memories, Outlived Sorrow, Forebodings Soothed, Childhood, Sorrow, Memories
George Eliot Childhood Memories, Outlived Sorrow, Forebodings Soothed, Childhood, Sorrow, Memories“How lovely the little river is, with its dark changing wavelets! It seems to me like a living companion while I wander along the bank, and listen to its low, placid voice...” George Eliot
Natural Beauty, River Companion, Tranquil Moments, River, Beauty, Nature
George Eliot Natural Beauty, River Companion, Tranquil Moments, River, Beauty, Nature