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Quotation from Middlemarch by George Eliot
“Here and there is born a Saint Theresa, foundress of nothing, whose loving heart-beats and sobs after an unattained goodness tremble off and are dispersed among hindrances, instead of centring in some long-recognizable deed.”
Middlemarch, Prelude (Project Gutenberg text)
The close of the Prelude, introducing the theme of a great spirit with no great outlet.
Citation: "Here and there is born a Saint Theresa, foundress of nothing, whose loving heart-beats and sobs after an unattained goodness tremble off and are dispersed among hindrances, instead of centring in some long-recognizable deed." — George Eliot, Middlemarch, Prelude (Project Gutenberg text). (id middlemarch-q1)
Portrait: George Eliot, por François D'Albert Durade, replica by François D’Albert Durade (1804–1886), Public domain.
