Elizabeth Goudge Quotes
He grinned at her, and she grinned at him, and it seemed to Maria that suddenly the sun came out.
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When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
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How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue.
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We cannot afford to leave the poor behind.
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Nothing is to come, and nothing past: But an eternal now, does always last.
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I think there are only two kinds of heroes: the flamboyant ones and the angry-yet-silent types. Every character on TV falls into either category.
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It has often struck me with awe that some of the most deeply religious people I know have been, on the surface, atheists.
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Maybe you have to know darkness before you can appreciate the light.
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It was immigration that taught us, it does not matter where you came from, or who your parents were. What counts is who you are.
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I was weeping because Richard Parker left me so unceremoniously. What a terrible thing it is to botch the farewell. I am a person who believes in form, in the harmony of order. Where we can, we must give things meaningful shape.
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Nothing helps you sleep at night so much as being absolutely certain that you're right, and everyone else is evil.
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You know, that's the only good thing about divorce; you get to sleep with your mother.
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The less somebody knows and understand himself the less great he is, however great may be his talent. For this reason our scientists are not great.
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...death seemed the most prevalent feature of the landscape.
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Birthdays was the worst days; now we sip champagne when we're thirsty.
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They make poor observations, because they choose among the results of their experiments only what suits their object, neglecting whatever is unrelated to it and carefully setting aside everything which might tend toward the idea they wish to combat.
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Evolution explains our biological evolution, but human beings are very unique creatures. As the Dobzhansky said, all animals are unique; humans are the uniquest. And that uniqueness of being human, language, art, culture, our dependency on culture for survival, comes from the combination of traditional biological evolution.
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You have to decide whether you want to make money or make sense, because the two are mutually exclusive.
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I don't have any idols, any heroes, nothing, no.
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I know that the world I converse with in the city and in the farms, is not the world I think. I observe that difference, and shall observe it. One day I shall know the value and law of this discrepance. But I have not found that much was gained by manipular attempts to realize the world of thought.
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A picnic may well be a metaphor for life. The essentials for happiness are the right company, moderate if sanguine expectations and a reasonable standard of physical sustenance and comfort, the whole being bedeviled by the belief that there is always something better to be had if only one presses on.
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He grinned at her, and she grinned at him, and it seemed to Maria that suddenly the sun came out.
