"Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face."
-George Eliot
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"You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know.“
-George Eliot
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"I should like to know what is the proper function of women, if it is not to make reasons for husbands to stay at home, and still stronger reasons for bachelors to go out."
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"I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men."
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