Amy Denson

“Every one, as you ought to know, has a beast-self—and a bird-self, and a stupid fish-self, ay, and a creeping serpent-self too—which it takes a deal of crushing to kill! In truth he has also a tree-self and a crystal-self, and I don’t know how many selves more—all to get into harmony. You can tell what sort a man is by his creature that comes oftenest to the front.”
― George MacDonald, Lilith: A Romance

“Those who are content with what they are, have the less concern about what they seem.”
― George MacDonald, Donal Grant

“It Was a lovely spring morning, and the sun was shining gloriously. I knew that the rain of the last night must be glittering on the grass and the young leaves; and I heard the birds singing as if they knew far more than mere human beings, and believed a great deal more than they knew. Nobody will persuade me that the birds don't mean it; that they sing from any thing else than gladness of heart.”
― George MacDonald, The Vicar's Daughter

“Everything she knew came from living on the scarce side of mercy.”
― Sue Monk Kidd, The Invention of Wings