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Daniel Deronda quotes

5 quotes from Daniel Deronda by George Eliot, each verified verbatim against the text and located in the book.

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Was she beautiful or not beautiful? and what was the secret of form or expression which gave the dynamic quality to her glance?
— Narrator of George Eliot's Daniel Deronda (1876)
Men can do nothing without the make-believe of a beginning.
— George Eliot, Daniel Deronda (1876)
I only know that I saw my wish outside me.
— Gwendolen Harleth · Gwendolen Harleth in George Eliot's Daniel Deronda (1876)
It is better—it shall be better with me because I have known you.
— Gwendolen Harleth · Gwendolen Harleth in George Eliot's Daniel Deronda (1876)
I am going to the East to become better acquainted with the condition of my race in various countries there
— Daniel Deronda · Daniel Deronda in George Eliot's Daniel Deronda (1876)

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