Fear can be used in all sorts of ways to control people, and that’s what he’s done. They took a few
[Maisie]:...going out for luncheon with a gentleman is definitely not the same as going out to dine in the evening. [Billy]: You get more grub at dinner, for a start
Grief is not an event, my dear, but a passage, a pilgrimage along a path that allows us to reflect upon the past from points of remembrance held in the soul. At times the way is filled with stones und...
Truth walks toward us on the paths of our questions...as soon as you think you have the answer, you have closed the path and may miss vital new information. Wait awhile in the stillness, and do not ru...
I believe it is to our detriment that age gives us a certain mistrust of those younger than ourselves, and we fail to see the strength within them to assume the burden of truth.
I can dance with life again.
Those of us who have reached our more mature years know the value of a nap, Maisie, and we can indulge ourselves without the comfort of pillow or bed.
May I not sit in judgment. May I be open to hearing and accepting the truth of what I am told. May my decisions be for the good of all concerned. May my work bring peace . . . Charlotte
I'll tell you this. Leaving that which you love breaks your heart open. But you will find a jewel inside, and this precious jewel is the opening of your heart to all that is new and all that is differ...
And I saw the eyes of the gazelle again in France [during WWI], and it struck me that perhaps a heartsick God had looked down and taken up a soul, leaving only the shell of a man. [of those who develo...
If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. —KAHLIL GIBRAN
In a time of war the supply and movement of money becomes even more crucial than ever. Money is a powerful tool, and wars are about powerful men and how they use the tools at their disposal. The milit...
The truth always finds a way, Maisie, in some manner or form. You cannot deliberately change the course of the river without causing a flood or drought somewhere else.
In the early days of her pupilage with Maurice, he had told Maisie of his teachers, the wise men who spoke of the veil that was lifted in the early hours, of the all-seeing eye that was open before th...
In the months following James' death, on thought had returned time and again as she passed others in the street. What secrets did these people hold? What had they endured? She wondered how many people...
Allow grief room to air itself, Maurice had taught her.Be judicious in using the body to comfort another, for you may extinguish the freedom that the person feels to be able to share a sadness.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: A man can stand anything, except a succession of ordinary days. When she
Least I feel as if I’m doing something. Making shells, like. Least I’m not just sitting on my bum while them boys get shot to bits over there.
Look at the world beyond your immediate emotion, the immediate fury of inequality. Choose your battles, Billy.
But there are many men-and women-who do things in a time of war that they wouldn't dream of doing in peacetime, and all for the common good.
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