"Most of us tend to belittle all suffering except our own," said Mary. "I think it's fear. We … - Elizabeth Goudge

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Fast Food Nation was boring and aimed at yuppies, and yuppies don't eat fast food.

Elizabeth Goudge

"Most of us tend to belittle all suffering except our own," said Mary. "I think it's fear. We don't want to come too near in case we're sucked in and have to share it".

Fear, Mary, Share, Suffering, Thinking, Want

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Nothing living should ever be treated with contempt. Whatever it is that lives, a man, a tree, or a bird, should be touched gently, because the time is short. Civilization is another word for respect for life.

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Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing.

Absurd, Hearing, Sound, Truth, Truths

As this world becomes increasingly ugly, callous and materialistic it needs to be reminded that the old fairy stories are rooted in truth, that imagination is of value, that happy endings do, in fact, occur, and that the blue spring mist that make an ugly street look beautiful is just as real a thing as the street itself.

Beautiful, Happy, Real, Reminded, Rooted, Spring

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.

Easter, Long, Soul, Spring, Under

The sun is still there. . . even if clouds drift over it. Once you have experienced the reality of sunshine you may weep, but you will never feel ice about your heart again.

Drift, Heart, Inspirational, Reality, Sun, Sunshine

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