Books Quote by George MacDonald Download Open image ““He never married. But he wrote a good book.”” — George MacDonald ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Good book Marriage
“He had been a mildly successful author, according to his wife.” — James Daniello Jr Copy Share Image
“Perhaps the truth was there was no perfect marriage, just some really good ones.” — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
“It's always terrible when you realize that you've married the wrong book.” — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
“Once, when our paths crossed, he told me that the kindest thing I’d ever done was to not marry him. Perhaps because he was… — Lorraine Heath Copy Share Image
“Nearly everyone I meet expresses deep sympathy about the fact that I have never married. Sometimes I wonder why.” — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“Even when there were good wars to write about, writers such as Jane Austen wrote novels concerning marriage. They usually went like this: 'You're… — Dan Wilbur Copy Share Image
“No one marries for love, except in stories. People marry for property and position, and one day so will you.” — Judith James Copy Share Image
“My marriage to him was as willful an act as I have ever committed; I married him against all the evidence. I married him… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
“But he knew full well that marriage vows were not a guarantee, nor a promise, of everlasting happiness.” — Kristen Callihan Copy Share Image
“And although he had never thought a wife with strong opinions was a good thing, he actually found he liked her opinions—or at least… — Melanie Dickerson Copy Share Image
“He does manage the bookstore, which is currently my favorite place on earth." Her eyes glazed over. "All those books. If I married him,… — Heather Blake Copy Share Image
“No revelation can be other than partial. If for true revelation a man must be told all the truth, then farewell to revelation; yea,… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
In low theologies, hell is invariably the deepest truth, and the love of God is not so deep as hell. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
The region belonging to the pure intellect is straitened: the imagination labours to extend its territories, to give it room. She sweeps across the… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Come, then, affliction, if my Father wills, and be my frowning friend. A friend that frowns is better than a smiling enemy. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Ah, what is it we send up thither, where our thoughts are either a dissonance or a sweetness and a grace? — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
You must learn to be strong in the dark as well as in the day, else you will always be only half brave. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“Few delights can equal the mere presence of one whom we trust utterly.” — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“You have tasted of death now,” said the old man. “Is it good?” “It is good,” said Mossy. “It is better than life.” “No,”… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
“I wish I had [made that song]. No, I don't That would be to take it from somebody else. But it's mine for all… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
