"For she had discovered that as well as……" — Elizabeth Goudge
"For she had discovered that as well as the evil web there was another. This too bound spirits together, but not in a tangle, it was a patterned web and one could see the silver pattern when the sun shone upon it. It seemed much frailer than the dark tangle, that had a hideous strength, but it might not be so always, not in the final reckoning. (The Child from the Sea)"
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Elizabeth Goudge
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41 Quotes by Elizabeth Goudge
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Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing.
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Not quite birds, as they were not quite flowers, mysterious and fascinating as are all indeterminate creatures.
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There always comes, I think, a sort of peak in suffering at which either you win over your pain or…
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Don't waste hate on pink geranium.
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In my opinion, too much attention to weather makes for instability of character.
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All we are asked to bear we can bear.
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Faith given back to us after a night of doubt is a stronger thing, and far more valuable to us…
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The dawn came - not the flaming sky that promises storm, but a golden dawn of infinite promise. The birds…
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Water, wind and birdsong were the echoes in this quiet place of a great chiming symphony that was surging around…
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There was a good deal to be said, Hilary decided, for middle age and infirmity. The years in which one…
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