We are contented with our day when we have been able to bear our grief…

George Eliot
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We are contented with our day when we have been able to bear our grief in silence, and act as if we were not suffering. ✨ George Eliot (2005). Four Novels of George Eliot, p.427, Wordsworth Editions
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We are contented with our day when we have been able to bear our grief in silence, and act as if we were not suffering. ✨ George Eliot (2005). Four Novels of George Eliot, p.427, Wordsworth Editions

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