I watched her departure, as one watches a sunset. She went like a radiance through the dark wood, which was henceforth bright to me, from simply knowing that such a creature was in it.
George MacDonaldOne thing is clear to me, that no indulgence of passion destroys the spiritual nature so much as respectable selfishness.
George MacDonaldWhat distressed me most - more even than my own folly - was the perplexing question, How can beauty and ugliness dwell so near?
George MacDonald