Quote by George MacDonald
“Si bien entiendo que el amor se sujeta al tiempo, veo que, al ponerse a prueba, también modera el tiempo de la chispa y el fuego de su ardor. En la misma llama del amor vive una especie de pabilo o pavesa que acaba por debilitarla. Nada existe que se mantenga constante en el mismo grado de bondad, pues esta, creciendo hasta la plétora, muere en su propio exceso. Lo que quisiéramos hacer, deberíamos hacerlo en el acto de quererlo, porque ese "querer" cambia y sufre tantas menguas y aplazamientos cuantos son los labios, las manos y las circunstancias por que atraviesa, y entonces ese "deber" vuélvase una especie de suspiro disipador, que hace daño al exhalarlo.”
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George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister.
Known particularly for his poignant fairy tales and fantasy novels, George MacDonald inspired many authors, such as W. H. Auden, J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, E. Nesbit and Madeleine L'Engle. G. K. Chesterton cited The Princess and the Goblin as a book that had "made a difference to my whole existence."
Even Mark Twain, who initially disliked MacDonald, became friends with him, and there is some evidence that Twain was influenced by MacDonald.
MacDonald grew up influenced by his Congregational Church, with an atmosphere of Calvinism. But MacDonald never felt comfortable with some aspects of Calvinist doctrine; indeed, legend has it that when the doctrine of predestination was first explained to him, he burst into tears (although assured that he was one of the elect). Later novels, such as Robert Falconer and Lilith, show a distaste for the idea that God's electing love is limited to some and denied to others.