“The effect of Dorothea's being on those around her was incalculable diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have… — George Eliot Middlemarch Copy Share Image
“The effect of Dorothea's being on those around her was incalculable diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric… — George Eliot Middlemarch Copy Share Image
“The days were longer then (for time, like money, is measured by our needs), when summer afternoons were spacious, and the clock ticked slowly… — George Eliot Middlemarch Copy Share Image
“...[His] past had now risen, only the pleasures of it seeming to have lost their quality. Night and day, without interruption save of brief… — George Eliot Middlemarch Copy Share Image
![“...[His] past had now risen, only the pleasures of it seeming to have lost their quality. Night and day, without interruption save of brief sleep which only wove retrospect and fear into a fantastic present, he felt the scenes of his earlier life coming between him and everything else, as…” quote by George Eliot Middlemarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8b6/george-eliot-middlemarch-87516_life_his-past-had-now-risen-only-the-pleasure_2952048.jpg)