. . . if the way ahead is not clear, time is often the best editor of one's intentions.
Jacqueline WinspearIt is indeed a wondrous universal alchemy, is it not? When one's heartfelt intentions cause mountains to move.
Jacqueline WinspearThe extraordinary hides behind the camouflage of the ordinary. Assume nothing, Maisie.
Jacqueline WinspearThus a day that had seen so many tears ended in the midst of a rainbow.
Jacqueline Winspear... the vacuum left by the departing visitor seemed to echo along the hallway and into the walls. It was at those times, when her aloneness took on a darker hue, that she almost wished there would be no more guess, for then there would be no chasm of emptiness for her to negotiate when they were gone.
Jacqueline WinspearStichwörter: emptiness
And it occurred to her that she was so used to turning over everything in her mind, as if each thought were an intricate shell found at the beach, that she had never truly known the value of simply accepting things as they were.
Jacqueline WinspearShe had always told herself that she did hti job because she wanted to help others; afterall, hadn't Maurice told her once that the most important question any individual could ask was, "How might I serve?" If her response to that question had been pure, surely she would have coninued with the calling to be a nurse.... But that role hadn't been quite enough for her. She would have missed the excitement, the thrill when she embarked on the work of collecting clues to support a case.
Jacqueline WinspearStichwörter: truth
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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.
Jacqueline WinspearStichwörter: war common-good
And you think journeying abroad will give you this knowledge you crave?
I think it will contribute to my understanding of the world, of people.
More so than say, the old lady who has lived in the same house her entire life, who has borne children both alive and dead? Who tends her soil; who sees the sun shine and the rain fall over the land, winter, spring, summer and autumn? What might you say to the idea that we all have a capacity for wisdom, just as a jug has room for a finite amount of water-pouring more water in the jug doesn't increase that capacity.
Stichwörter: knowledge-wisdom
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 different, and it will be the making of you-if you allow it to be.
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