“I fancy my father thought me an odd child, and had little fondness for me; though he was very careful in fulfilling what he regarded as a parent's duties. But he was already past the middle of life, and I… — Mary Ann Evans Copy Share Image
“What! your wisdom thinks I must love the man I'm going to marry? The most unpleasant thing in the world. I should quarrel with… — Mary Ann Evans Copy Share Image
“(visions) of strange cities, of sandy plains, of gigantic ruins, of midnight skies with strange bright constellations, of mountain-passes, of grassy nooks flecked with the afternoon sunshine through the boughs: I was in the midst of such scenes, and in all of them one presence seemed to weigh on me in all these mighty shapes - the presence of something… — Mary Ann Evans Copy Share
“A better-constituted boy would certainly have profited under my intelligent tutors, with their scientific apparatus; and would, doubtless, have found the phenomena of electricity… — Mary Ann Evans Copy Share Image
“Just as I am watching a tongue of blue flame rising in the fire, and my lamp is burning low, the horrible contraction will… — Mary Ann Evans Copy Share Image
“I have never fully unbosomed myself to any human being; I have never been encouraged to trust much in the sympathy of my fellow… — Mary Ann Evans Copy Share Image
“I fancy my father thought me an odd child, and had little fondness for me; though he was very careful in fulfilling what he… — Mary Ann Evans Copy Share Image
“My father was called away before he had finished his sentence, and he left my mind resting on the word Prague with a strange… — Mary Ann Evans Copy Share Image
