George Eliot Quotes

Our words have wings, but fly not where we would.

- George Eliot

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We must not inquire too curiously into motives... They are apt to become feeble in the utterance: the aroma is mixed with the grosser air. We must keep the germinating grain away from the light. - George Eliot

Children demand that their heroes should be fleckless, and easily believe them so . . . - George Eliot

I at least have so much to do in unraveling certain human lots, and seeing how they were woven and interwoven, that all the light I can command must be concentrated on this particular web, and not dispersed over that tempting range of relevancies called the universe. - George Eliot