the daily comment for friday, february 13, 2009

[thedailycomment at hobbit-hillton.org]

i like not only to be loved, but also to be told that i am loved. i am not
sure that you are of the same kind. but the realm of silence is large
enough beyond the grave. this is the world of light and speech, and i
shall take leave to tell you that you are very dear.
~~~ george eliot, in a letter to georgiana burne-jones, wife of the artist
edward burne-jones, 1875 ~~~