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Elizabeth Goudge quotes about him

English Writer April 24, 1900 – April 1, 1984

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Elizabeth Goudge quote: "I have known him nearly all my life, and I am going to marry..."
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 I shan't know him. Elizabeth Goudge
There was a leap of joy in him, like a flame lighting up in a dark lantern. At this moment he believed it was worth it. This moment of supreme beauty was worth all the wretchedness of the journey. It was always worth it. "For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory." It was the central truth of existence, and all men knew it, though they might not know that they knew it. Each man followed his own star through so much... Elizabeth Goudge
Cleanliness', chuckled Sir Benjamin, noting his great niece's delighted smile as her eyes rested upon him, 'comes next to godliness, eh, Maria? Elizabeth Goudge
If one's intellectual equipment was not great, one's spiritual experience not deep, the result of doing one's very best could only seem very lightweight in comparison with the effort involved. But perhaps that was not important. The mysterious power that commanded men appeared to him to ask of them only obedience and the maximum of effort and to remain curiously indifferent as to the results. Elizabeth Goudge
..and looking up into Abednego's face she fought a battle inside herself with the thing that it was, a sort of grabbing thing, and then she held Gertrude out to him. "You have her," she said. Elizabeth Goudge
Elizabeth Goudge quote: "He grinned at her, and she grinned at him, and it seemed to..."
He grinned at her, and she grinned at him, and it seemed to Maria that suddenly the sun came out. Elizabeth Goudge
Elizabeth Goudge quote: "What is the distinguishing mark of an aristocrat?' she asked..."
What is the distinguishing mark of an aristocrat?' she asked him suddenly. 'Reverence,' he replied. Elizabeth Goudge

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