“What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult to each other?” Why being there for someone matters more than we realise
George Eliot was the pen name of Mary Ann Evans (1819–1880), an English novelist known for her sharp observations of human behaviour. She often wrote about the gap between people’s good intentions and their actual choices. Her stories explored how pride, social pressure and personal ambition can shape relationships. Rather than presenting people as entirely…