There is one order of beauty which seems made to turn heads. It is a b…

George Eliot
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There is one order of beauty which seems made to turn heads. It is a beauty like that of kittens, or very small downy ducks making gentle rippling noises with their soft bills, or babies just beginning to toddle. ✨ George Eliot (1859). Adam Bede, p.72, London
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There is one order of beauty which seems made to turn heads. It is a beauty like that of kittens, or very small downy ducks making gentle rippling noises with their soft bills, or babies just beginning to toddle. ✨ George Eliot (1859). Adam Bede, p.72, London

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