“But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.”

George Eliot

“What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?”

George Eliot

“Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.”

George Eliot

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

George Eliot

“What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?”

George Eliot