“ Souls have complexions too: what will suit one will not suit another. ”
George Eliot, Middlemarch (1872). copy citation
| Author | George Eliot |
|---|---|
| Source | Middlemarch |
| Topic | soul |
| Date | 1872 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/145/145-h/145-h.htm |
Context
““ Not for the world, not for the world. A cross is the last thing I would wear as a trinket. ”
“ Then you will think it wicked in me to wear it, ” said Celia, uneasily.
“ No, dear, no, ” said Dorothea, stroking her sister’s cheek. Souls have complexions too: what will suit one will not suit another. “ But you might like to keep it for mamma’s sake. ” “ No, I have other things of mamma’s—her sandal-wood box which I am so fond of—plenty of things. In fact, they are all yours, dear. We need discuss them no longer.” source
“ Then you will think it wicked in me to wear it, ” said Celia, uneasily.
“ No, dear, no, ” said Dorothea, stroking her sister’s cheek. Souls have complexions too: what will suit one will not suit another. “ But you might like to keep it for mamma’s sake. ” “ No, I have other things of mamma’s—her sandal-wood box which I am so fond of—plenty of things. In fact, they are all yours, dear. We need discuss them no longer.” source
