Hannah McKelson

“How terribly, then, have the theologians misrepresented God in the measures of the low and showy, not the lofty and simple humanities! Nearly all of them represent him as a great King on a grand throne, thinking how grand he is, and making it the business of his being and the end of his universe to keep up his glory, wielding the bolts of a Jupiter against them that take his name in vain. They would not allow this, but follow out what they say, and it comes much to this. Brothers, have you found our king? There he is, kissing little children and saying they are like God. There he is at table with the head of a fisherman lying on his bosom, and somewhat heavy at heart that even he, the beloved disciple, cannot yet understand him well. The simplest peasant who loves his children and his sheep were - no, not a truer, for the other is false, but - a true type of our God beside that monstrosity of a monarch.”
― George MacDonald, Unspoken Sermons: Series I, II, III

“I was a bookworm then, but when I came to know it, I woke among the butterflies.”
― George MacDonald, Lilith

“Never, my little one, hide anything from those that love you. Never let anything that makes itself a nest in your heart, grow into a secret, for then at once it will begin to eat a hole in it.”
― George MacDonald, The Complete Works of George MacDonald: The Princess and the Goblin, The Princess And Curdie, Lilith, Phantastes, Parables, Far Above Rubies and More

“We were born in a dark age out of due time (for use). But there is this comfort: otherwise we should not know, or so much live, what we do love. I imagine the fish out of water is the only fish to have an inkling of water. (Letter #52)”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien