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1 " I wished for someone to hold me up. Suddenly someone was there. "
― Christie Watson , Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away
2 " Some things you cannot stop happening. "
3 " Some things are more than we can understand. "
4 " Sometimes words are more powerful than guns. And sometimes silence is more powerful than words. It is the things that are not said that are important. "
5 " ..there are two possible endings to every story. "
6 " At first I had not understood Mama. But as I grew older, maybe not wiser, certainly more realistic, I realized she did the best she could. She loved me, in her own way. Not everyone is born to be a mother. It does not come naturally to some women. "
7 " If one imitates the upright, one becomes upright. If one imitates the crooked, one becomes crooked. "
8 " We will meet people on the way: patients, relatives and staff - people you may recognize already. Because we are all nursed at some point in our lives. We are all nurses. "
― Christie Watson , The Language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story
9 " A person becomes part of their surroundings. "
10 " Sometimes, things fall apart...so we can put them together in a new way. It is time to make things right. "
11 " Sometimes we see only what we want to show ourselves. "
12 " We must row in whatever boat we find ourselves in. "
13 " No daughter and mother ever live apart, no matter what the distance between them. "
14 " An owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees the the less it talks. "
15 " Beauty found a way to grow in the ugliest of places. "
16 " Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. Mark Twain "
17 " There is nothing more powerful in the world than a naked woman. "
18 " It is impossible to describe exactly what I learn, though I know it lies somewhere between science and art. It is all about the smallest details and understanding how they make the biggest difference. "
19 " When looking at her I imagine my childhood and I live it all over again. Having children is getting to live two lives. "
20 " Nursing is a career that demands a chunk of your soul on a daily basis. The emotional energy needed to care for people at their most vulnerable is not limitless and there have been many days when, like most nurses, I have felt spent, devoid of any further capacity to give. I feel lucky that my family and friends are forgiving. Betty "
