George Eliot Quotes About Marriage
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Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.
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When I married Humphrey I made up my mind to like sermons, and I set out by liking the end very much. That soon spread to the middle and the beginning, because I couldn't have the end without them.
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I like not only to be loved, but to be told that I am loved; the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave.
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That farewell kiss which resembles greeting, that last glance of love which becomes the sharpest pang of sorrow.
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What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?
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Having once embarked on your marital voyage, it is impossible not to be aware that you make no way and the sea is not within sight; that in fact, you are exploring an enclosed basin.
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What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined - to strengthen each other - to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.
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A woman dictates before marriage in order that she may have an appetite for submission afterwards.
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