5 Quotes & Sayings By Anne Eliot

Anne Eliot, wife of the poet and scholar George Eliot, was a leading 19th century British writer. She is best known for her novel Adam Bede, which tells the story of a country boy who leaves his hometown to find work in industrial England. Anne Eliot had a strong interest in social and reform issues and was an ardent supporter of women's rights. She was also a close friend and confidant of Mary Anne Evans, co-author of "Middlemarch," and Mary Ann Evans, George Eliot's sister.

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It’s really hard to deny a kid who’s father has passed away. We all just wanted you to be happy so we messed that up. Your career wasn’t about the money. Not at first. It gave you both something big to do so you could stay busy and forget how much you missed your dad.” His heart twisted, and he whispered, “When I think of him.. I don’t remember his face, but I do remember how much it hurt to have him simply there one day and gone the next..just gone.” Nan nodded. “Imagine how your mom felt. Your dad was the love of her life. Anne Eliot
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Everyone has scars, they just aren’t as visible as yours. Anne Eliot
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I was so happy when I found out the wounds you’d inflicted weren’t serious, that you had stopped.” “Yes, I stopped. Barry, all of you, see what I did as this suicide attempt. But I didn’t want to die. I only wanted my mom to hear me. To come find me. To see that I was sad. To help me, I guess. I just didn’t have it in me to tell her what I needed. And fine, I get now that she couldn’t read my mind.” He wiped his eyes again. “But I didn’t get it then. I’m so mad at myself. What was wrong with me that I couldn’t just tell her? That I didn’t have the capacity to ask her for anything. Anne Eliot
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I pat the brand new twenty-seven inch Macintosh computers Mr. Foley brought us. 'These boxes alone should make both of us scream like it's Christmas morning! Snap out of it. Santa came! Now we get to play with all of our toys! Anne Eliot