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“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 so 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.”
― Middlemarch
― Middlemarch
“Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.”
― The Silver Chair
― The Silver Chair
“Is that the basis of friendship? Is it as reactive as that? Do we respond only to people who seem to find us interesting?... Do we all buzz or ring or light up when people press our vanity buttons, and only then? Can I think of anyone in my whole life whom I have liked without his first showing signs of liking me?”
― Crossing to Safety
― Crossing to Safety
“No legacy is so rich as honesty.”
― All's Well That Ends Well
― All's Well That Ends Well
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