George Eliot
George Eliot
Mary Ann Evans, known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She is the author of seven novels, including Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Felix Holt, the Radical, Middlemarch, and Daniel Deronda, most of them set in provincial England and known for their realism and psychological insight...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth22 November 1819
travel journey views
We have had an unspeakably delightful journey, one of those journeys which seem to divide one's life in two, by the new ideas they suggest and the new views of interest they open.
long soul trust-and-friendship
No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence.
dirty gossip rumor
Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who diffuse it: it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker.
journey thinking years
The years seem to rush by now, and I think of death as a fast approaching end of a journey-double and treble reason for loving as well as working while it is day.
magic transcendent
Effective magic is transcendent nature.
fighting winning coward
Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning.
sky brave grace
May every soul that touches mine - be it the slightest contact - get there from some good; some little grace; one kindly thought; one aspiration yet unfelt; one bit of courage for the darkening sky; one gleam of faith to brave the thickening ills of life; one glimpse of brighter skies beyond the gathering mists - to make this life worthwhile.
lawlessness revolution rebellion
The right to rebellion is the right to seek a higher rule, and not to wander in mere lawlessness.
exercise animal humanity
Women should be protected from anyone's exercise of unrighteous power... but then, so should every other living creature.
jewels color jewelry
These gems have life in them: their colors speak, say what words fail of.
gratitude roots
Friendships begin with liking or gratitude- roots that can be pulled up.
happiness smile kindness
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.
dark voice rivers
How lovely the little river is, with its dark changing wavelets! It seems to me like a living companion while I wander along the bank, and listen to its low, placid voice...
travel memories imagination
The best travel is that which one can take by one's own fireside. In memory or imagination.