Let me, if I may, be ever welcomed to my room in winter by a glowing hearth, in summer by a vase of flowers. If I may not, let me think how nice they would be and bury myself in my work. I do not think that the road to contentment lies in despising what we have not got. Let us acknowledge all good, all delight that the worlds holds, and be content without it. β¨ George MacDonald (2015). The Complete Novels of George Macdonald (Illustrated): The Princess and the Goblin, The Princess and Curdie, Phantastes, At the Back of the North Wind, Lilith, David Elginbrod, Malcolm, Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood, Wilfrid Cumbermede and many more, p.8582, e-artnow
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- The first thing in all progress is to leave something behind. β¨ George MacDonald (2015). Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated), p.13036, Delphi Classics
- A man is as free as he chooses to make himself, never an atom freer. β¨ George MacDonald (2015). The Complete Novels of George Macdonald (Illustrated): The Princess and the Goblin, The Princess and Cu β¦ βΆ
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