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The Mill on the Floss Home Quotes

How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Book.Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #10

"O, if I could but stop here!" said Maggie. "I have no heart to begin a strange life again. I should have no stay. I should feel like a lonely wanderer - cut off from the past." (7.2.21)

It is notable that Maggie echoes her father here when she too is faced with the choice of whether or not to leave her home.