“I loathe, detest, hate and abominate the block, the gibbet, the rack, the pillory and the faggots with equal passion," said the… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
He had discovered that the choice between self-love or love of something other than self offers no escape from suffering either way,… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
Most of us tend to belittle all suffering except our own," said Mary. "I think it's fear. We don't want to come… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
“I mean, you may cause others a spot of bother by your weaknesses, perhaps, but coping with you may possibly increase their… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
“In what he suffered, as in all true suffering and in true joy, there was the quality of eternity. He could not… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
“Peace…Henrietta was not quite sure what it was but she knew it was very important. If one wanted it, Grandfather had told… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
There always comes, I think, a sort of peak in suffering at which either you win over your pain or your pain… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
“He supposed he was one of those unfortunates born with a great capacity for suffering… He opened his eyes a moment and… — 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… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
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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