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.

If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.

It's a terrifying thing to be perhaps 16 or 17 and feel like you are a failure and a has-been.

I'm not afraid of wanting money at all. Money will give me more power to do things that are truer to my spirit than what I'm already doing.