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He had discovered that the choice between self-love or love of something other than self offers no escape from suffering either way, it is merely a choice between two woundings, of the pride or of the heart.

Elizabeth Goudge

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Elizabeth Goudge
Age: 83 †
Born: 1900
Born: April 24
Died: 1984
Died: April 1
Author
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Wells
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Elizabeth de Beauchamp Goudge
Elisabeth Goudge
Choices
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Two
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Self
Merely
Heart
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Pride
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