“In old days there were angels who came and took men by the hand and led them away from the city of destruction. We see no white-winged angels now. But yet men are led away from threatening destruction: a hand is put into theirs, which leads them forth gently towards a calm and bright land, so that they look no more backwards; and the hand may be a little child's.” ChildrenDestructionSalvationAngelsGeorge EliotSilas Marner Book:Silas Marner Source: Silas Marner
“If there is an angel who records the sorrows of men as well as their sins, he knows how many and deep are the sorrows that spring from false ideas for which no man is culpable.” SorrowsFalse AccusationSilas Marner Book:Silas Marner Source: Silas Marner
“The gods of the hearth exist for us still; and let all new faith be tolerant of that fetishism, lest it bruise its own roots.” George EliotSilas Marner Author:George Eiot
“It’s the will o’ Them above as a many things should be dark to us; but there’s some things as I’ve never felt i’ the dark about, and they’re mostly what comes i’ the day’s work. You were hard done by that once, Master Marner, and it seems as you’ll never know the rights of it; but that doesn’t hinder there being a rights, Master Marner, for all it’s dark to you and me.” Wrong And RightSilas MarnerDolly Winthrop Book:Silas Marner Source: Silas Marner