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Green Dolphin Street

Green Dolphin Street
Elizabeth Goudge

Green Dolphin Street is a novel by Elizabeth Goudge, first published by the Hodder & Stoughton in 1944. The novel was adapted to cinema in 1947.

“Nothing living should ever be treated with contempt. Whatever it is that lives, a man, a tree, or a bird, should be touched gently, because the time is short. Civilization is another word for respect for life…”

Elizabeth Goudge book Green Dolphin Street

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“[I]f you believe in God omnipresent, then you must believe everything that comes into your life, person or event, must have something of God in it to be experienced and loved; not hated.”

Elizabeth Goudge book Green Dolphin Street

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