I try to delight in the sunshine that will be when I shall never - TopicsExpress



          

I try to delight in the sunshine that will be when I shall never see it any more. And I think it is possible for this sort of impersonal life to attain great intensity--possible for us to gain much more independence, than is usually believed, of the small bundle of acts that make our own personality. This is from a letter written by George Eliot (found in an article on rereading MIDDLEMARCH in the Jan 20-27 issue of New York magazine). While the article makes a good argument for my having missed the boat regarding MIDDLEMARCH, a boat I should try to catch next time round, it is this quote that captures my imagination and my respect. Of course, as usual for us personality-chained beings, I alight upon it not because it changes my mind but because it puts in words a hitherto wordless sensation I have long enjoyed and in which I have always found comfort.
Posted on: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 13:42:23 +0000

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