Her future, she thought, was likely to be worse than her past, for after her years of contented renunciation, she had slipped back into desire and lo… - George Eliot

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Her future, she thought, was likely to be worse than her past, for after her years of contented renunciation, she had slipped back into desire and longing; she found joyless days of distasteful occupation harder and harder; she found the image of the intense and varied life she yearned for, and despaired of, becoming more and more importunate.