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Elizabeth Goudge quotes: I have known him nearly all my life, and I am going to marry him, so that there won't ever be a time when I shan't know him. I have known him nearly all my life, and I am going to marry him, so that there won't ever be a time when I shan't know him.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: Be at peace now and let the tide carry you into calm water. That is all you have to do for the moment. God bless you. Be at peace now and let the tide carry you into calm water. That is all you have to do for the moment. God bless you.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: The perfect moment, once lost, is not easily found again. The perfect moment, once lost, is not easily found again.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: What is the scent of water?""Renewal. The goodness of God coming down like dew. What is the scent of water?"
"Renewal. The goodness of God coming down like dew.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: In what he suffered, as in all true suffering and in true joy, there was the quality of eternity. He could not believe it would ever end. In what he suffered, as in all true suffering and in true joy, there was the quality of eternity. He could not believe it would ever end.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: The child in us is always there, you know, and it's the best part of us, the winged part that travels farthest. The child in us is always there, you know, and it's the best part of us, the winged part that travels farthest.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: All human beings have their otherness and it is that which cries out to the heart. All human beings have their otherness and it is that which cries out to the heart.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: It was not the size of things that mattered but their perfection, it was not what one had that was important, but what one made. It was not the size of things that mattered but their perfection, it was not what one had that was important, but what one made.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: His hunger for knowledge gave him no rest, it was both his bane and his joy. His hunger for knowledge gave him no rest, it was both his bane and his joy.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: He grinned at her, and she grinned at him, and it seemed to Maria that suddenly the sun came out. He grinned at her, and she grinned at him, and it seemed to Maria that suddenly the sun came out.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: Autumn days have a holiness that spring lacks ... They are like old serene saints for whom death has lost its terror. Autumn days have a holiness that spring lacks ... They are like old serene saints for whom death has lost its terror.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: Love. The only indestructible thing. The only wealth and the only reality. The only survival. At the end of it all there was nothing else. Love. The only indestructible thing. The only wealth and the only reality. The only survival. At the end of it all there was nothing else.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: In a world where thrushes sing and willow trees are golden in the spring, boredom should have been included among the seven deadly sins. In a world where thrushes sing and willow trees are golden in the spring, boredom should have been included among the seven deadly sins.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: We all of us need to be toppled off the throne of self, my dear," he said. "Perched up there the tears of others are never upon our own cheek. We all of us need to be toppled off the throne of self, my dear," he said. "Perched up there the tears of others are never upon our own cheek.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: They gazed at her with awe, feeling to the full that medieval reverence for someone obviously touched in the head. They gazed at her with awe, feeling to the full that medieval reverence for someone obviously touched in the head.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: Better to struggle through life with a broken wing than have no wings at all. Better to struggle through life with a broken wing than have no wings at all.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: Peace ... was contingent upon a certain disposition of the soul, a disposition to receive the gift that only detachment from self made possible. Peace ... was contingent upon a certain disposition of the soul, a disposition to receive the gift that only detachment from self made possible.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: Those who have deeply suffered in some particular way are welded together in an understanding incomprehensible to those who have not so suffered. Those who have deeply suffered in some particular way are welded together in an understanding incomprehensible to those who have not so suffered.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: All the best things are seen first of all at a far distance. All the best things are seen first of all at a far distance.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: Winter, spring and summer did not accommodate themselves to one's mood as autumn did. They lacked its gentleness. Winter, spring and summer did not accommodate themselves to one's mood as autumn did. They lacked its gentleness.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: Happy the man who lives long enough to acknowledge his ignorance Happy the man who lives long enough to acknowledge his ignorance
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: All we are asked to bear we can bear. All we are asked to bear we can bear.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: Cleanliness', chuckled Sir Benjamin, noting his great niece's delighted smile as her eyes rested upon him, 'comes next to godliness, eh, Maria? Cleanliness', chuckled Sir Benjamin, noting his great niece's delighted smile as her eyes rested upon him, 'comes next to godliness, eh, Maria?
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: I don't think there's anything more tiring ... than expecting people who don't turn up ... I don't think there's anything more tiring ... than expecting people who don't turn up ...
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: Cowardice more than any other failing demands a ruthless paying of the price from those who give it hospitality. Cowardice more than any other failing demands a ruthless paying of the price from those who give it hospitality.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: Marriage is a very long process ... Marriage is a very long process ...
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: He was a convinced but hardworked rationalist, always hard at it re-convincing himself of his convictions. He was a convinced but hardworked rationalist, always hard at it re-convincing himself of his convictions.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: Love, and nothing else, was eternal. Love is the Lord by whom we escape death. Love, and nothing else, was eternal. Love is the Lord by whom we escape death.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: She knew that pleasure, to be pleasure, must come to an end. She knew that pleasure, to be pleasure, must come to an end.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: The fires of youth are not dead in old age ... only banked down. The fires of youth are not dead in old age ... only banked down.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: Butterflies ... not quite birds, as they were not quite flowers, mysterious and fascinating as are all indeterminate creatures Butterflies ... not quite birds, as they were not quite flowers, mysterious and fascinating as are all indeterminate creatures
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: Faith given back to us after a night of doubt is a stronger thing, and far more valuable to us than faith that has never been tested. Faith given back to us after a night of doubt is a stronger thing, and far more valuable to us than faith that has never been tested.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: Genius creates from the heart and when the artifact is broken so is the heart. Genius creates from the heart and when the artifact is broken so is the heart.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: Civilization ... is another word for respect for life. One can't have too much respect for a loveliness that's brittle as spun glass. Civilization ... is another word for respect for life. One can't have too much respect for a loveliness that's brittle as spun glass.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: Is independence so bad for one?" asked Daphne."Nothing worse," said Harriet. "It gives you a wonderful conceit of yourself. Is independence so bad for one?" asked Daphne.
"Nothing worse," said Harriet. "It gives you a wonderful conceit of yourself.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: Nothing mitigated failure except the knowledge that it did not matter. Nothing mitigated failure except the knowledge that it did not matter.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: To be sorry and glad together is to be perceptive to the richness of life. To be sorry and glad together is to be perceptive to the richness of life.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: It is when children start to question their happiness that they lose it and grow up. It is when children start to question their happiness that they lose it and grow up.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: The scent of a flower is a very close and intimate thing, she thought. It can seem to be a part of your body and blood. The scent of a flower is a very close and intimate thing, she thought. It can seem to be a part of your body and blood.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: Being ill makes you feel what well people call sentimental, but what you feel is nonetheless genuine whatever they call it. Being ill makes you feel what well people call sentimental, but what you feel is nonetheless genuine whatever they call it.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: It takes a happy marriage to make light of small things. It takes a happy marriage to make light of small things.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: Understanding is a creative act in a dimension we do not see. Understanding is a creative act in a dimension we do not see.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: Now her compassion had been pierced and set flowing; it felt as though her life's blood were running away. Now her compassion had been pierced and set flowing; it felt as though her life's blood were running away.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: Don't waste hate on pink geranium. Don't waste hate on pink geranium.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: Always ailing though never with any specific Always ailing though never with any specific
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: Fear is a lonely thing. Even those who love us best cannot get close to us when we are afraid. Fear is a lonely thing. Even those who love us best cannot get close to us when we are afraid.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: Given belief in God, a good digestion and a mind in working order life's still a thing to be grateful for. Given belief in God, a good digestion and a mind in working order life's still a thing to be grateful for.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: What we are made to do we seldom do well, what we do of our own choice we make a success of for very pride. What we are made to do we seldom do well, what we do of our own choice we make a success of for very pride.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: Those who break the law should be loved more and not less for their sin, for if we do not forgive then is sin added to sin and the end Those who break the law should be loved more and not less for their sin, for if we do not forgive then is sin added to sin and the end is death.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: And the written words were footsteps, feet running hard to another person. And the written words were footsteps, feet running hard to another person.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: A close union with the earth seemed to involve one in unison with a good deal more than the earth. A close union with the earth seemed to involve one in unison with a good deal more than the earth.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: In my opinion, too much attention to weather makes for instability of character. In my opinion, too much attention to weather makes for instability of character.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: One is seldom unchanged by the death of those one loves. It gives me a deeper knowledge of them, and so of oneself in regard to them. One is seldom unchanged by the death of those one loves. It gives me a deeper knowledge of them, and so of oneself in regard to them.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: Insufficient nourishment in the early morning leads to pessimism and doubts. Insufficient nourishment in the early morning leads to pessimism and doubts.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: A well-trained dog is like religion, it sets the deserving at their ease and is a terror to evildoers. A well-trained dog is like religion, it sets the deserving at their ease and is a terror to evildoers.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: To know perfect happiness a woman may be a mother, but must be a grandmother. To know perfect happiness a woman may be a mother, but must be a grandmother.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: Is a man less of a man, because he's learned to hold his tongue? Is a man less of a man, because he's learned to hold his tongue?
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: The God who had thrust him through in the darkness with probings of dread and shame was the same God who now held out the sword and shield. The God who had thrust him through in the darkness with probings of dread and shame was the same God who now held out the sword and shield.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: There is always something particularly delightful about exceptions to a rule. There is always something particularly delightful about exceptions to a rule.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: His hostess was one of those women who even in an overcrowded room can create a sense of spaciousness. His hostess was one of those women who even in an overcrowded room can create a sense of spaciousness.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: I don't fly to the classics for comfort, as Giles does. I'm too frivolous. Worthy people always read the classics when things are difficult. I don't fly to the classics for comfort, as Giles does. I'm too frivolous. Worthy people always read the classics when things are difficult.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing. Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: What is the distinguishing mark of an aristocrat?' she asked him suddenly.'Reverence,' he replied. What is the distinguishing mark of an aristocrat?' she asked him suddenly.
'Reverence,' he replied.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: Lovely phrases had lit candles in her mind, one after the other, till she felt intoxicated with the brightness. Lovely phrases had lit candles in her mind, one after the other, till she felt intoxicated with the brightness.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: Sensible fathers and mothers, when their children marry, go back to the old days and renew their youth. Sensible fathers and mothers, when their children marry, go back to the old days and renew their youth.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: Love still owned him, steered him, drew him to itself. Love still owned him, steered him, drew him to itself.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: I don't think fear that you share with the whole world warps you. It's personal fears that do that. I don't think fear that you share with the whole world warps you. It's personal fears that do that.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: She knew little about herself and consequently little about others. She knew little about herself and consequently little about others.
Elizabeth Goudge quotes: He felt him transfixed, captured, nailed by his vow to the hard wood of the impossible thing he had to do. He felt him transfixed, captured, nailed by his vow to the hard wood of the impossible thing he had to do.

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