Middlemarch

Well, I was inspired to read Middlemarch, finally, by a friend who posted good quotes on her blog. I have tried to read it probably close to 5 times, but never mangaged to get into it. It does take a long time to get into, and if you're looking for a fast, tight plot, it might not grip you, but it does grip, somehow. George Eliot has an amazing way of understanding humans and capturing it in such a distinct manner.

So, some quotes to whet your appetite too:

If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence. As it is, the quickest of us walk about well wadded with stupidity. (225)



Will not the tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self. (478)

and more to follow.