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George Macdonald

George MacDonald (10 December 1824 – 18 September 1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. He was a pioneering figure in the field of fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll. His writings have been cited as a major literary influence by many notable authors including W. H. Auden, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Walter de la Mare, E. Nesbit and Madeleine L'Engle. C. S. Lewis wrote that he regarded MacDonald as his "master": "Picking up a copy of Phantastes one day at a train-station bookstall, I began to read. A few hours later," said Lewis, "I knew that I had crossed a great frontier." G. K. Chesterton cited The Princess and the Goblin as a book that had "made a difference to my whole existence".

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Attitudes are more important than facts.

Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom.

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There are thousands willing to do great things for one willing to do a small thing.

Truth is truth, whether from the lips of Jesus or Balaam.

You can't live on amusement. It is the froth on water - an inch deep and then the mud.

Friends, if we be honest with ourselves, we shall be honest with each other.

Her heart - like every heart, if only its fallen sides were cleared away - was an inexhaustible foun ...

Religion is life essential.

Will is not unfrequently weakness.

Beauty and sadness always go together.