Quotes by George Gissing

"I know every book of mine by its smell, and I have but to put my nose between the pages to be reminded of all sorts of things."
— George Gissing
"The misery of having no time to read a thousand glorious books."
— George Gissing
"It is the mind which creates the world around us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes will never see what is beheld by yours, my heart will never stir to the emotions with which yours is touched."
— George Gissing
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George Robert Gissing (/ˈɡɪsɪŋ/ GHISS-ing; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist, who published 23 novels between 1880 and 1903. In the 1890s he was considered one of the three ...