Go forward with joyful confidence.
George EliotRead
Our passions do not live apart in locked chambers but dress in their small wardrobe of notions, bring their provisions to a common table and mess together, feeding out of the common store according to their appetite.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Our passions are interconnected and share a collective space, influencing each other and drawing from a common source.
This quote by George Eliot highlights the idea that our passions and desires do not exist in isolation but are intertwined and influenced by one another. They come together like various elements at a communal table, feeding off shared experiences and perspectives, suggesting that our interests and motivations are collaboratively shaped by our interactions with the world around us.
Themes
PassionCommunityInterconnectednessInfluenceShared Experiences
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a discussion about collaborative work in teams where diverse passions come together.
More from George Eliot
All quotes →You 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.
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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 – 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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Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music.
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I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music.
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.
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