Go forward with joyful confidence.
George EliotRead
The years seem to rush by now, and I think of death as a fast approaching end of a journey-double and treble reason for loving as well as working while it is day.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Time is fleeting, making it important to love and work while we can.
In this quote, George Eliot reflects on the swift passage of time and the inevitability of death. He emphasizes that recognizing life’s impermanence motivates us to embrace love and put in effort into our endeavors while we still have the opportunity, highlighting the importance of living fully in the present.
Themes
TimeLoveWorkLifeDeathJourney
In practice
Example use cases
This quote could be used in a speech about making the most of our time.
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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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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.
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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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