"But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope." ― George Eliot Topic(s): Hope More From George Eliot "The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions." "Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another." "I’m not denyin’ the women are foolish. God Almighty made ’em to match the men." More In Hope "If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don’t do it, and it won’t happen."― Desiderius Erasmus "I would hope everyone would be a feminist."― Mia Wasikowska "I want to clear up a few myths about myself. People have written that I was a kindergarten teacher and a former Miss Texas, and neither is true."― Krista Allen