Elizabeth Goudge - The Little White Horse (1946)

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There is always something particularly delightful about exceptions to a rule.

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He grinned at her, and she grinned at him, and it seemed to Maria that suddenly the sun came out.

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Maria was one of your true aristocrats; the perfection of the hidden things was even more important to her than the outward show.

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I have known him nearly all my life, and I am going to marry him, so that there won't ever be a time when I shan't know him.

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Cleanliness', chuckled Sir Benjamin, noting his great niece's delighted smile as her eyes rested upon him, 'comes next to godliness, eh, Maria?

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Wiggins was not one of those emotional dogs who let themselves go with quivering whiskers, hot nose, and dribbling tongue.

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All the best things are seen first of all at a far distance.

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Nothing is ever finished and done with in this world. You might think a seed was finished and done with when it falls like a dead thing into the earth; but when it puts forth leaves and flowers next spring you see your mistake.

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In my opinion, too much attention to weather makes for instability of character.

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His was the triumphant mien of the military commander who has taken no active part in the dust and heat of the battle, yet marches very actively indeed at the head of his troops when they return victoriously home.

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