“I think the reason children get tired of their toys so soon is just that it is against human nature to be really interested in what is of no use.”

— George MacDonald, The History of Gutta Percha Willie, the Working Genius (1873)

About George MacDonald

1824 – 1905

Scottish author and minister, known for fantasy novels and for the novel 'The Marquis of Lossie'.

“To receive honestly is the best thanks for a good thing.”

“A true friend is forever a friend.”

“To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.”

“From a Child I was fond of Reading, and all the little Money that came into my Hands was ever laid out in Books.”

“If what I feel were equally distributed to the whole human family, there would not be one cheerful face on the earth.”

“Listen therefore to your elder brother, and you should be obedient to your elder sister as if she were your mother.”

“You can live without a father who accepts you, but you cannot live without a world that makes some sense to you.”

“Meditation on the chance which led to the meeting of my mother and father is even more salutary than meditation on death.”

“My father invested his money so securely in the banking business that he was never able to get any of it out again.”