George Eliot
In Middlemarch by George Eliot, Dorothea is speaking to Will about her simple life: “‘…I should like not to have so much more than my share without doing anything for others. But I have a belief of my own, and it comforts me.’
‘What is that?’ said Will, rather jealous of the belief.
‘That by desiring what is perfectly good, even when we don’t quite know what … [ Read more ]
Author: George Eliot | Source: Middlemarch (REF: Hold This Thought) | Subjects: Life & Society, Religion