Go forward with joyful confidence.
George EliotRead
Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote expresses a deep love for autumn, suggesting that the speaker's essence is intertwined with the season's beauty.
In this quote, George Eliot conveys a profound appreciation for autumn, portraying it as a season that delights the spirit. The metaphor of being a bird symbolizes a desire to experience the richness and beauty of autumn in different places, reflecting a longing for the feelings and transformations that the season brings.
Themes
AutumnNatureBeautySeasonLove
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be shared during a nature walk in the fall to express appreciation for the season.
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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.
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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 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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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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