Photo by Kajetan Sumila on Unsplash
“But you will not always be shut up in your present lot; why should you starve your mind in that way? It is narrow asceticism; I don’t like to see you persisting in it, Maggie. Poetry and art and knowledge are sacred and pure.”
The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot.
Published by Signet Classic, 1965. Page 321.
June 10, 2023
Quote of the Week | Impressions In Ink
maximios Review
Photo by Kajetan Sumila on Unsplash
“But you will not always be shut up in your present lot; why should you starve your mind in that way? It is narrow asceticism; I don’t like to see you persisting in it, Maggie. Poetry and art and knowledge are sacred and pure.”
The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot.
Published by Signet Classic, 1965. Page 321.