“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
I have known him nearly all my life, and I am going to marry him, so that there won't ever be a… — 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… — 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… — 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.… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
“There was a leap of joy in him, like a flame lighting up in a dark lantern. At this moment he believed… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
“John Adair had little liking for the simple life; he said it was not simple, but the most damnably complicated method of… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
“Progress in evil was quick and easy; Apollyon was not a chap who hid himself and he gave every assistance in his… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
In times of storm and tempest, of indecision and desolation, a book already known and loved makes better reading than something new… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
Jean was visited by one of her rare moments of happiness, one of those moments when the goodness of God was so… — 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 remembered suddenly, at this moment, as he looked at the squares of moonlight lying on the floor, the time when he… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
“In moments of exaltation one expressed sentiments that outstripped one's spiritual capabilities by a vast span; and she knew well that unless… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
“Fairyland...Paradise...In this place and at this time, Marguerite could know that the one was a parable of the other and both were… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
“And then I say to myself that we should believe in that which we felt when we were strong and happy rather… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
“There had come to him one of those moments of quiet despair that lie in wait for even the happiest. Stealthy-footed they… — 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