tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442254671730490997.post737260259113537532..comments2023-10-05T13:28:44.932+02:00Comments on The Island of the Voices: Quotation of the Week (24/2010)DawnTreaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13956409908791716009noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442254671730490997.post-37314861696567477402010-06-14T15:16:54.470+02:002010-06-14T15:16:54.470+02:00Ginny and Sandra, I agree with you. And although I...Ginny and Sandra, I agree with you. And although I don't know the context of this quote, I doubt Eliot meant it as advice - more likely she was just making a reflection about "how it is". (George Eliot was a pen name for Mary Anne Evans; English 19th century novelist. My favourite novel by her is Middlemarch.)DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13956409908791716009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442254671730490997.post-49683673376794914862010-06-14T14:56:58.951+02:002010-06-14T14:56:58.951+02:00I'm with Ginny. I had to read it several times...I'm with Ginny. I had to read it several times to get it, i think i get it. I like feeling and am a very emotional person, you cry and I cry, you laugh and I laugh. I think we need feelings and need to share feelings. I think he is talking about people who try to hold back so they don't get hurt.MadSnapperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08163140037276496519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442254671730490997.post-64919982505611341482010-06-14T06:14:26.517+02:002010-06-14T06:14:26.517+02:00Beautiful picture, interesting quote. But if we to...Beautiful picture, interesting quote. But if we took that advise, we for sure wouldn't be really living.Ginny Hartzlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09329131153403895625noreply@blogger.com