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George Eliot Quotes: It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of them, but words can never trace out all the fibers that knit us to the old.
         

It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of them, but words can never trace out all the fibers that knit us to the old.


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This page presents the quote "It is easy to say how we love new friends, and what we think of them, but words can never trace out all the fibers that knit us to the old.". Author of this quote is George Eliot. This quote is about love, friends, new friends, fiber, easy, thinking,.