George Eliot

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

#die #grass #grow #had #hearing

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

— George Eliot

#began #face #life #loving #mother

I care only to know, if possible, the lasting meaning that lies in all religious doctrine from the beginning till now. ↗

— George Eliot

#religion

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms. ↗

— George Eliot

#country #deal #explanation #great #great deal

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

— George Eliot

#determined #life #private #private life #public

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows. ↗

— George Eliot

#best #failure #knows #life #only

Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return. ↗

— George Eliot

#ease #ill #indifference #love #return

We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves. ↗

— George Eliot

#god #hand #mercy #none #ourselves

We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been. ↗

— George Eliot

#comes #duties #find #might #must

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive. ↗

— George Eliot

#life #makes #motive #want