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Freud was one of the greatest influences on me. He made myth into psychiatry, and I've been trying to turn it back into myth again. — Ross Macdonald

Gammy used to say, 'Too much scrubbing takes the life right out of things.' — Betty MacDonald

She touched his shoulder, very lightly, like a child fingering a forbidden object. — Ross Macdonald

I write, not for children,but for the child-like, whether they be of five, or fifty, or seventy-five. — George MacDonald

Women are the sustaining force of any society - they think of the children and the next generation's chances. — Margo MacDonald

We all know the disappointments that come when we base anticipation on what we and other humans can deliver. God will never have a problem delivering! — James MacDonald

At the chinks in the drawn blinds, daylight peered like a spy. — Ross Macdonald

There are two things at which most men are grieved: when their faults are exposed, and when their virtues are concealed. — Norm MacDonald

Affliction is but the shadow of God's wing. — George MacDonald

No one is likely to remember what is entirely uninteresting to him. — George MacDonald

There's no such thing, of course, as an old-fashioned gay guy. They're the most decadent people. — Norm MacDonald

I'm not gay, so I don't know much about Broadway musicals. — Norm MacDonald

The hawk had filled the house with wildness as a bowl of lilies fills a house with scent. — Helen Macdonald

The breakfast was rather silent, but not with strain. — John D. MacDonald

We advise others better than ourselves. — Norm MacDonald

In Giving, a man receives more than he gives; and the more is in proportion to the worth of the thing given. — George MacDonald

Our job is to get people to Jesus Christ and to get them back to Him in profound, life-altering ways every week. — James MacDonald

He thought his heart would kill him, he'd had no clue what it was capable of. — Ann-Marie MacDonald

God gives us enemies to make sure there'll always be someone around who's interested in how we're doing. — James D. Macdonald

The people sang to the Lord, not about Him. — James MacDonald

If the cards are stacked against you, reshuffle the deck. — John D. MacDonald

The light that filled my house was deep and livid, half magnolia, half rainwater. Things sat in it, dark and very still. — Helen Macdonald

Work done is of more consequence for the future than the foresight of an angel. — George MacDonald

I never had any interest in sitcoms or motion pictures or anything like that. — Norm MacDonald

There is something everywhere, and everything nowhere. — Maryann Macdonald

How kind you are, North Wind!'
'I am only just. All kindness is but justice. We owe it. — George MacDonald

Men were made for war; designed to struggle and strive to protect and provide. — James MacDonald

The two pillars of 'political correctness' are, a) willful ignorance, and b) a steadfast refusal to face the truth. — George MacDonald Fraser

Never be discouraged because good things get on so slowly here; and never fail daily to do that good which lies next to your hand. — George MacDonald

Money costs too much. — Ross Macdonald

Humility is a do thing, not a feel thing. Humility is an action, not a style. — James MacDonald

Trust is born in love, and our need is to love God, not apprehend
facts concerning him. — George MacDonald

I am an optimistic fatalist. This world and all its beginnings will pass on into something better. — George MacDonald

Afflictions are but the shadows of God's wings. — George MacDonald

A moon like a fallen fruit reversing gravity was hoisting itself above the rooftops. — Ross Macdonald

Faith is obedience, not compliance. — George MacDonald

The walls of books around him, dense with the past, formed a kind of insulation against the present world and its disasters. — Ross Macdonald

One thing is clear to me, that no indulgence of passion destroys the spiritual nature so much as respectable selfishness. — George MacDonald

No war can ever be just air. — Helen Macdonald

To receive honestly is the best thanks for a good thing. — George MacDonald

It is as necessary for a poor man to give away, as for a rich man. Many poor men are more devoted worshipers of Mammon than some rich men. — George MacDonald

Stand-up has the best writers, because it's the hardest writing by a million miles. — Norm MacDonald

Human sin is stubborn, but not as stubborn as the grace of God and not half as persistent, not half so ready to suffer to win its way — James MacDonald

On the way home I felt a great and simple sadness. I missed my dad. I missed him very much. — Helen Macdonald

I knew how it was with drunks. They ran out of generosity, even for themselves. — Ross Macdonald

An ugly woman with a gun is a terrible thing. — Ross Macdonald

there is plenty of room for meeting in the universe. — George MacDonald

There are a great many more good things than bad things to do. — George MacDonald

That is the flaw in my personality. Vanity. And your flaw is sentimentality. They are the flaws which will inevitably kill us both. — John D. MacDonald

Obedience is the opener of eyes. — George MacDonald

I think clever people think that poor people are stupid. — Norm MacDonald

A church with no conflict is likely a church that is manufacturing peace in a way that prohibits glory. — James MacDonald

daughter?' 'She was a beautiful child.' Mrs Williams's eyes grew misty with the quasi-maternal feelings of a procuress. — Ross Macdonald

I think little of people who will deny their history because it doesn't present the picture they would like. — George MacDonald Fraser

He hadn't wanted to be helped the way I wanted to help him, the way that helped me. — Ross Macdonald

He believed in God and he believed that when the human is still, the Divine speaks to it, because it is its own. — George MacDonald

In joy or sorrow, feebleness or might,
Peace or commotion, be thou, Father, my delight. — George MacDonald

Nature is beautiful in all its chaos. However, a nature photograph is beautiful only in the absence of chaos. — Mike MacDonald

Many people still regard many users of public services as undeserving. — Elaine MacDonald

Sweet sounds can go where kisses may not enter. — George MacDonald

Pulp Fiction is a, uh, gritty, urban satire. Pump Friction is a uh-uh, a bunch of uh, dudes and ladies having dirty sex. — Norm MacDonald

Where there is no choice, we do well to make no difficulty. — George MacDonald

The mind of the many is not the mind of God. — George MacDonald

I create for artistic intent only and do everything from life. — Richard MacDonald

Our hearts are wired for worship, and our worship is directly tied to our sense of hope. — James MacDonald

God's Word is especially suited to directing those who want to focus primarily on the nature and direction of their own hearts. — James MacDonald

The praise we seek for our own virtues sometimes tempts us to flatter the imperfections of other men. — Norm MacDonald

I have a secret passion for mercy. But justice is what keeps happening to people. — Ross Macdonald

A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man gets to being a beast, the less he knows it. — George MacDonald

The year's fruit must fall that the next year's may come, and the winter is the only way to the spring. — George MacDonald

A name is one of those things one can give away and keep all the same. — George MacDonald

He (God) loves what I shall be. — George MacDonald

In India I've slowly been learning that I'm not in complete control of my life ... — Sarah Macdonald

An ugly woman with an ugly gun is a terrible thing. — Ross Macdonald

Hands are for other human hands to hold. — Helen Macdonald

I can but pray the Father o' a' to haud his e'e upon her, an' his airms aboot her, an' keep aff the hardenin' o' the hert 'at despises coonsel! — George MacDonald

Night with its long hours of mysteries and uncertainties was the time to fear. — Charles B. MacDonald

The character of giving advice often makes us accountable for the conduct of those we advise. — Norm MacDonald

The rain had washed the sunset time to a lambent beauty. — John D. MacDonald

I follow my instincts and my excitement. — Rory MacDonald

If man could do what in his wildest self-worship he can imagine, the grand result would be that he would be his own God, which is the Hell of Hells. — George MacDonald

I awoke one morning with the usual perplexity of mind which accompanies the return of consciousness. — George MacDonald

Imprudent restrictions often force youth farther than enticement would carry them; and careless limitation is frequently worse than no injunction. — Norm MacDonald

When you come to the place where you can't do anything else, you must stand still and believe ... When you can't do anything, let God do it all. — James MacDonald

Few criminals die sensible of their crimes. — Norm MacDonald

Her face was fair and pretty, with eyes like two bits of night sky, each with a star dissolved in the blue. — George MacDonald

Do the things you used to do, and you'll feel the feelings you used to feel. — James MacDonald

I will not fail: God is always victorious. — James MacDonald

Paul Newman is simple not an actor and possibly not even alive. — Dwight Macdonald

We preach so that people can hear the voice of God, period. — James MacDonald

Where was God?

In him and his question. — George MacDonald

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved. — George MacDonald

You might not think it now, but if you're one of God's children, you're going to figure it out by the end of your life God is good. — James MacDonald

All God's righteous hatred of all that sin from all of human history was poured out upon Christ as He hung there on that cross. — James MacDonald

I do not myself believe there is any misfortune. What men call such is merely the shadowside of a good. — George MacDonald

In the midst of death we are in life. Life is the only reality; what men call death is but a shadow ... — George MacDonald

Nobody knows what anything is; a man can only learn what a thing means! — George MacDonald

When you are broken, you run. But you don't always run away. Sometimes, helplessly, you run towards. — Helen Macdonald

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? — James MacDonald

I'm no good at anecdotes. — Kelly Macdonald