George Eliot

Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty.

I should like to know what is the proper function of women, if it is not to make reasons for husbands to stay at home, and still stronger reasons for bachelors to go out.

We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything.

Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet.

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved.

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

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

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.

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