George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss (Penguin Classics, 1985) pp. 428-429
19 Aug 2016
It is mere cowardice to seek safety in negations
It is mere cowardice to seek safety in negations. No character becomes strong in that way. You will be thrown into the world some day, and then every rational satisfaction of your nature that you deny now, will assault you like a savage appetite.
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