“He strolled to the front door and stood watching, letting the picture of Felicity grave itself so deeply on his mind that… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
“For a few minutes the anxiety that tormented him had vanished, leaving his mind as serene as the beauty he looked at. Very lovely, he thought, are the sudden moments of relief that come in the midst of strain, those moments of forgetfulness when we are "teased out of thought" by a bird or a flower or the sight of… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share
“The man opposite, divided between anger and relief at the stripping away of his defenses, his nerves jangling, was taken utterly aback… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
“And as for herself, if she could manage to welcome sorrow as readily as joy, it would shape her as deftly as… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
“A bookseller," said Grandfather, "is the link between mind and mind, the feeder of the hungry, very often the binder up of… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
“Rachell believed passionately in the value of beauty. If she was pressed for time she considered the filling of her bowl with… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
“He strolled to the front door and stood watching, letting the picture of Felicity grave itself so deeply on his mind that when with… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
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… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
Because of course she had known she must go. She always did the thing because in obedience lay the integrity that God asked of her. If anyone had asked her what she meant by integrity she would not have been able to tell them but she had seen it once like a picture in her mind, a root going down… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share
Being ill makes you feel what well people call sentimental, but what you feel is nonetheless genuine whatever they call it. — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
Nothing living should ever be treated with contempt. Whatever it is that lives, a man, a tree, or a bird, should be touched gently,… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
“These black times go as they come and we do not know how they come or why they go. But we know that God… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
“What is the distinguishing mark of an aristocrat?' she asked him suddenly. 'Reverence,' he replied.” — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
Could you understand the meaning of light if there were no darkness to point the contrast? Day and night, life and death, love and… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
A well-trained dog is like religion, it sets the deserving at their ease and is a terror to evildoers. — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
The sun is still there... even if clouds drift over it. Once you have experienced the reality of sunshine you may weep, but you… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
[Salvation] is a curious process of divine burglary. The first thing to be wrested from one by a God who said 'Thou shalt not… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
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