But what we call our despair is often only the painful eager... - George Eliot

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

"Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love."

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

"What should I do—how should I act now, this very day . . . What she would resolve to do that day did not yet seem quite clear, but something that she could achieve stirred her as with an approaching murmur which would soon gather distinctness."

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