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
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“In the ages since Adam’s marriage, it has been good for some men to be alone, and for some women also.” George Eliot
Marriage Solitude, Alone Time, Gender Reflections, Marriage, Solitude, Reflections
George Eliot Marriage Solitude, Alone Time, Gender Reflections, Marriage, Solitude, Reflections“It was one of those dangerous moments when speech is at once sincere and deceptive – when feeling, rising high above its average depth, leaves flood-marks which are never reached again.” George Eliot
Dangerous Speech, Emotional Depth, Deceptive Moments, Speech, Feeling, Depth
George Eliot Dangerous Speech, Emotional Depth, Deceptive Moments, Speech, Feeling, Depth“The vainest woman is never thoroughly conscious of her beauty till she is loved by the man who sets her own passion vibrating in return.” George Eliot
Vain Beauty, Passion’s Return, Beauty Awareness, Beauty, Passion, Awareness
George Eliot Vain Beauty, Passion’s Return, Beauty Awareness, Beauty, Passion, Awareness“Destiny stands by sarcastic with our dramatis personae folded in her hand.” George Eliot
Sarcastic Destiny, Dramatic Fate, Life’s Roles, Destiny, Fate, Roles
George Eliot Sarcastic Destiny, Dramatic Fate, Life’s Roles, Destiny, Fate, Roles“Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self.” George Eliot
Self, Perspective, Life, Focus, Growth, Awareness
George Eliot Self, Perspective, Life, Focus, Growth, Awareness“Miserliness is a capital quality to run in families; it’s the safe side for madness to dip on.” George Eliot
Familial Miserliness, Madness Tendencies, Capital Traits, Miserliness, Madness, Traits
George Eliot Familial Miserliness, Madness Tendencies, Capital Traits, Miserliness, Madness, Traits“I flutter all ways, and fly in none.” George Eliot
Flutter Ways, Fly None, Aimless Journey, Flutter, Fly, Journey
George Eliot Flutter Ways, Fly None, Aimless Journey, Flutter, Fly, Journey“Knowledge slowly builds up what ignorance in an hour pulls down.” George Eliot
Knowledge Builds, Ignorance Destroys, Gradual Growth, Knowledge, Ignorance, Growth
George Eliot Knowledge Builds, Ignorance Destroys, Gradual Growth, Knowledge, Ignorance, Growth“Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.” George Eliot
Smile And Friendship, Scowl Consequences, Positive Expression, Smile, Friends, Wrinkles
George Eliot Smile And Friendship, Scowl Consequences, Positive Expression, Smile, Friends, Wrinkles“Don’t let us rejoice in punishment, even when the hand of God alone inflicts it. The best of us are but poor wretches, just saved from shipwreck. Can we feel anything but awe and pity when we see a fellow-passenger swallowed by the waves?” George Eliot
God Inflicts, Poor Wretches, Fellow Passenger, God, Wretches, Passenger
George Eliot God Inflicts, Poor Wretches, Fellow Passenger, God, Wretches, Passenger“Under every guilty secret there is hidden a brood of guilty wishes, whose unwholesome infecting life is cherished by the darkness.” George Eliot
Guilty Secrets, Hidden Wishes, Dark Brood, Secrets, Wishes, Darkness
George Eliot Guilty Secrets, Hidden Wishes, Dark Brood, Secrets, Wishes, Darkness“Go forward with joyful confidence.” George Eliot
Joyful Confidence, Positive Progress, Moving Forward, Confidence, Progress, Forward
George Eliot Joyful Confidence, Positive Progress, Moving Forward, Confidence, Progress, Forward“It is possible to have a strong self-love without any self-satisfaction, rather with a self-discontent which is the more intense because one’s own little core of egoistic sensibility is a supreme care.” George Eliot
Self-Love Discontent, Ego Care, Self-Discontent Strength, Love, Care, Discontent
George Eliot Self-Love Discontent, Ego Care, Self-Discontent Strength, Love, Care, Discontent“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“Rome - the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems moving in funeral procession with strange ancestral images and trophies gathered from afar.” George Eliot
Rome’s History, Visible Past, Funeral Procession, History, Past, Procession
George Eliot Rome’s History, Visible Past, Funeral Procession, History, Past, Procession“The beauty of a lovely woman is like music.” George Eliot
Woman’s Beauty, Musical Comparisons, Aesthetic Harmony, Beauty, Woman, Music
George Eliot Woman’s Beauty, Musical Comparisons, Aesthetic Harmony, Beauty, Woman, Music“It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them.” George Eliot
Beautiful Things, Hunger Wishing, Thoroughly Alive, Wishing, Beautiful, Alive
George Eliot Beautiful Things, Hunger Wishing, Thoroughly Alive, Wishing, Beautiful, Alive“In the love of a brave and faithful man there is always a strain of maternal tenderness; he gives out again those beams of protecting fondness which were shed on him as he lay on his mother’s knee.” George Eliot
Brave Man, Maternal Tenderness, Protecting Fondness, Love, Man, Tenderness
George Eliot Brave Man, Maternal Tenderness, Protecting Fondness, Love, Man, Tenderness