Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. George Eliot autumnbirddelicious Change image and share on social
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot deadforget Change image and share on social
Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbour's buzzing glory, and think that such killing is no murder. George Eliot buzzeasilyglory Change image and share on social
An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry. George Eliot comedeclareelection Change image and share on social
But that intimacy of mutual embarrassment, in which each feels that the other is feeling something, having once existed, its effect is not to be done away with. George Eliot effectembarrassmentexist Change image and share on social
There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows. George Eliot failurelifetrue Change image and share on social
I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best. George Eliot cleavefailurefear Change image and share on social
It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal. George Eliot captivatecasecommon Change image and share on social
The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice. George Eliot choicegrowthhuman Change image and share on social
If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow or the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which is the other side of silence. George Eliot beatdiegrass Change image and share on social
