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The human desire to be understood is never quite sincere. It is on our own terms that we desire to be understood, not on the terms of truth.

— Elizabeth Goudge The Child from the Sea (1970)

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A sense of identity is the gift of love, and only love can give it.

The Dean's Watch (1960)

Human nature is intractable stuff, hard jagged stuff, the kind of stuff that dreams are wrecked on.

The White Witch (1958)

There is no greater tyranny than that of social custom.

The Dean's Watch (1960)

Life is a reaching out for something or someone. That is its definition.

The Scent of Water (1963)

Civilization is another word for respect for life.

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