Life Quote by Elizabeth Goudge

“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

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

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

Marriage is a very long process.

— Elizabeth Goudge

Being ill makes you feel what well people call sentimental, but what you feel is nonetheless genuine whatever they call it.

— Elizabeth Goudge

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

“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

“What is the distinguishing mark of an aristocrat?' she asked him suddenly. 'Reverence,' he replied.”

— Elizabeth Goudge

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

A well-trained dog is like religion, it sets the deserving at their ease and is a terror to evildoers.

— Elizabeth Goudge

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

[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