The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see noth…

George Eliot
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The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone. ✨ George Eliot (2016). Scenes of Clerical Life: Top Novelist Focus, p.210, 谷月社
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Decide on what you think is right, and stick to it.
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Women should be protected from anyone's exercise of unrighteous power... but then, so should every other living creature.
What makes life dreary is the want of a motive. ✨ George Eliot (2009). Daniel Deronda, p.658, Oxford Paperbacks

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