Go forward with joyful confidence.
George EliotRead
It is always fatal to have music or poetry interrupted.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Interrupting music or poetry destroys the emotional experience they provide.
This quote by George Eliot emphasizes the idea that music and poetry are powerful forms of expression that convey deep emotions and thoughts. Interruptions can disrupt the flow and impact of these art forms, leaving the audience with a sense of incompleteness or frustration, thus diminishing the overall impact and beauty they provide.
Themes
MusicPoetryInterruptionEmotionArt
In practice
Example use cases
During a public reading, one could quote this to emphasize the importance of uninterrupted storytelling.
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All quotes βYou must love your work, and not be always looking over the edge of it, wanting your play to begin. And the other is, you must not be ashamed of your work, and think it would be more honorable to you to be doing something else. You must have a pride in your own work and in learning to do it well.
George EliotRead
She thought it was part of the hardship of her life that there was laid upon her the burthen of larger wants than others seemed to feel β that she had to endure this wide hopeless yearning for that something, whatever it was, that was greatest and best on this earth.
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George EliotRead
Our dead are never dead to us until we have forgotten them: they can be injured by us, they can be wounded; they know all our penitence, all our aching sense that their place is empty, all the kisses we bestow on the smallest relic of their presence.
George EliotRead
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