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George Eliot Quotes about Marriage

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Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.

Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.

George Eliot
Marriage, Sympathy, Relation
George Eliot (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)”, p.1477, Delphi Classics

I like not only to be loved, but to be told that I am loved; the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave.

George Eliot
Marriage, Couple, Silence
George Eliot (2016). “George Eliot's Life, Complete: Top Novelist Focus”, p.615, 谷月社

A woman dictates before marriage in order that she may have an appetite for submission afterwards.

George Eliot
Marriage, Order, May
'Middlemarch' (1871-2) bk. 1, ch. 9

That farewell kiss which resembles greeting, that last glance of love which becomes the sharpest pang of sorrow.

George Eliot
Relationship, Marriage, Distance
George Eliot (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)”, p.3265, Delphi Classics

Having once embarked on your marital voyage, it is impossible not to be aware that you make no way and the sea is not within sight; that in fact, you are exploring an enclosed basin.

George Eliot
Marriage, Wedding, Sight
George Eliot (2005). “Four Novels of George Eliot”, p.503, Wordsworth Editions

When I married Humphrey I made up my mind to like sermons, and I set out by liking the end very much. That soon spread to the middle and the beginning, because I couldn't have the end without them.

George Eliot
Marriage, Mind, Religion
George Eliot (2015). “Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.218, Penguin

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