Heart Quote by Melanie Dickerson

“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

“Lady Dorothea’s opinionated answers had been exactly what he did not like, and yet . . . he had felt his usual rationality slipping…

— Melanie Dickerson

“There was a peculiar fascination for Dorothea in this division of property intended for herself, and always regarded by her as excessive. She was…

— George Eliot

“So she had looked in on Mark, reading his correspondence with his copy of The Times airing on a chair-back before the fire -…

— Ford Madox Ford

“Her tiny and organized handwriting reminded me of the tidiness of her desk, as if she'd wanted to find in words the peace and…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafóniz Zafón

“The problem was that every item on her list was so nebulous. Impossible to pin down. She remembered the days when her worries were…

— Liane Moriarty

“Before she continued her search she sat in his revolving desk chair, and wept for the passing of time, and the necessary death of…

— Robertson Davies

“I have never done you injustice. Please remember me,” said Dorothea, repressing a rising sob. “Why should you say that?” said Will, with irritation.…

— George Eliot

“For years, every conversation she had with a man had been colored by calculation. Would she put him off is she spoke her mind?…

— Courtney Milan

“I thought maybe if she could express herself rather than suffer herself, if she had a way to relieve the burden, she lived for…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“Her stories were going to randomly come out. He had to be man enough to listen to them. It was part of carrying her…

— Elaine Levine

“There was nothing particularly special about her, except that she was good with numbers, and very good at lying, and she made her home…

— Maggie Stiefvater