I desire no future that will break the ties with the past. — Quoted

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“I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.”

George Eliot · Future

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George Eliot

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable cares which yet are better than any joys outside our love.

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A woman's heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must be pressed small, like Chinese feet her happiness is to be made as cakes are, by a fixed recipe.

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When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion.

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It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

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