i admit i've never read Middlemarch. It seems a little daunting at 800 pages. Neverthless, I came across this quote from the book yesterday and wanted to take note of it. It really resonated with me and how true is it? very! I was needing some inspiration and this quote provided a quiet, yet powerful type. And not to mention these paintings provided a little as well.
"But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not as ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs."
— George Eliot (final lines - Middlemarch)
"But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not as ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs."
— George Eliot (final lines - Middlemarch)
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