George Eliot on Music

I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music.

– Maggie Tulliver in The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

According to Britannica.com, George Eliot was the pen name for Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880) English Victorian novelist who developed the method of psychological analysis characteristic of modern fiction.