"she had long accepted the fact that happiness……" — Elizabeth Goudge
"she had long accepted the fact that happiness is like swallows in Spring. It may come and nest under your eaves or it may not. You cannot command it. When you expect to be happy you are not, when you don't expect to be happy there's suddenly Easter in your soul, though it be midwinter."
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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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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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