Jim Vivanco

“Parsons when they preached did not stress sufficiently the weariness of sin. That was its chief punishment,”
― Elizabeth Goudge, The Scent of Water

“I said, “Why does God let us suffer like this?” and he answered, “My dear young lady, how should I know? Job didn’t know, but he repented in dust and ashes.”
― Elizabeth Goudge, The Scent of Water

“Jean was visited by one of her rare moments of happiness, one of those moments when the goodness of God was so real to her that it was like a taste and scent; the rough strong taste of honey in the comb and the scent of water. Her thoughts of God had a homeliness that at times seemed shocking, in spite of their power, which could rescue her from terror or evil with an ease that astonished her.”
― Elizabeth Goudge, The Scent of Water

“When God is cruel to you everyone else is cruel too. When He turns His back He turns the whole world with Him.”
― Elizabeth Goudge, The Scent of Water