Elizabeth Goudge quotes - page 2

Not quite birds, as they were not quite flowers, mysterious and fascinating as are all indeterminate creatures. (Elizabeth Goudge)
to know perfect happiness a woman may be a mother, but must be a grandmother. View quote
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The whole universe was stilled as if listening for a voice. For the space of one heartbeat there was peace on earth. For one fraction of a moment there was no deed of violence wrought on earth, no hatred, no fire, no whirlwind, no pain, no fear. Existence rested against the heart of God, then sighed and journeyed again. View quote
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A well-trained dog is like religion, it sets the deserving at their ease and is a terror to evildoers. View quote
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Happy the man who lives long enough to acknowledge his ignorance. View quote
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She realized with deep respect that this woman had always done what she had to do and faced what she had to face. If many of her fears and burdens would have seemed unreal to another woman, there was nothing unreal about her courage. View quote
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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. View quote
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Being ill makes you feel what well people call sentimental, but what you feel is nonetheless genuine whatever they call it. View quote
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But a hare, now, that is a different thing altogether. A hare is not a pet but a person. Hares are clever and brave and loving, and they have fairy blood in them. It's a grand thing to have a hare for a friend. View quote
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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. View quote
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The human desire to be understood is never quite sincere. It is on our own terms that we desire to be understood, not on the terms of truth. (Elizabeth Goudge)
We all of us try to make God in our image. It is one of the worst of our temptations. View quote
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