I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same kind. But the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave. This is the world of light and speech, and I shall take leave to tell you that you are very dear.


Letter to Georgiana Burne-Jones, wife of the artist Edward Burne-Jones (1875)

George Eliot Quotes

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same kind. But the realm of silence is large...

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same kind. But the realm of silence is large...

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same kind. But the realm of silence is large...

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told that I am loved. I am not sure that you are of the same kind. But the realm of silence is large...