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

Quote by George Eliot

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

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

The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite...

The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite...

Breed is stronger than pasture.

Breed is stronger than pasture.

Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage...

Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage...

An age at which many men are not quite common - at which they are...

An age at which many men are not quite common - at which they are...

Animals are such agreeable friends they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms

Animals are such agreeable friends they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk...

But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk...

Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands...

Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands...

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple pity that will not forsake...

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple pity that will not forsake...

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird...

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird...

Hostesses who entertain much must make up their parties as ministers make up their cabinets,...

Hostesses who entertain much must make up their parties as ministers make up their cabinets,...

We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to...

We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to...

A toddling little girl is a centre of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar...

A toddling little girl is a centre of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar...

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.

Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the same effect...

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the same effect...