George Eliot

"What we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope."

- George Eliot, "Middlemarch"

George Eliot

"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."

- George Eliot, author

George Eliot

"What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined... to strengthen each other... to be one with each other in silent unspeakable memories."

- George Eliot, author

George Eliot

"It's never too late to be who you might have been."

- George Eliot, author

George Eliot

"I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music."

- George Eliot, author

George Eliot

"The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice."

- George Eliot, author