"In times of storm and tempest, of indecision……" — Elizabeth Goudge
"In times of storm and tempest, of indecision and desolation, a book already known and loved makes better reading than something new and untried ... nothing is so warming and companionable."
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41 Quotes by Elizabeth Goudge
Elizabeth Goudge has 41 quotes on this site.
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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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Nothing is ever finished and done with in this world. You may think a seed was finished and done with…
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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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She realized with deep respect that this woman had always done what she had to do and faced what she…
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For [Richard] Feynman, the essence of the scientific imagination was a powerful and almost painful rule. What scientists create must…
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Our confused wish finds expression in the confused question as to the nature of force and electricity. But the answer…
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An absolute can only be given in an intuition, while all the rest has to do with analysis. We call…
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Al forms of consensus about ''great'' books and ''perennial'' problems, once stabilized, tend to deteriorate eventually into something philistine. The…
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