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George Eliot2 quotes
If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence. — George Eliot · 1872We do not expect people to be deeply moved by what is not unusual. That element of tragedy which lies in the very fact of frequency, has not yet wrought itself into the coarse emotion of mankind. — George Eliot · 1872Anais Nin1 quote
I write about little things because the big ones are like abysses. — Anais Nin · 1934Fred Rogers1 quote
The really important "great" things are never center stage of life's dramas; they're always "in the wings." That's why it's so essential for us to be mindful of the humble and the deep rather than the flashy and superficial. — Fred Rogers · 2003Pam Beesly1 quote
There’s a lot of beauty in ordinary things. Isn’t that kind of the point? — Pam Beesly · 2013Philip Levine1 quote
I keep writing about the ordinary because for me it's the home of the extraordinary. — Philip Levine · 2001