About George MacDonald:
George MacDonald 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".
Anything large enough for a wish to light upon, is large enough to hang a prayer upon.
George MacDonaldYou can't live on amusement. It is the froth on water - an inch deep and then the mud.
George MacDonaldIt matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he is growing.
George MacDonaldMany a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom.
George MacDonaldI want to help you to grow as beautiful as God meant you to be when He thought of you first.
George MacDonald