George Eliot

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.

Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face.

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

Marriage can be work, it can be difficult, it can be hard, but I think working through those times makes you stronger as a couple and as a unit.