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1 " . . . if the way ahead is not clear, time is often the best editor of one's intentions. "
― Jacqueline Winspear , The Mapping of Love and Death (Maisie Dobbs, #7)
2 " ... 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. "
3 " 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. "
4 " Extremes live within us all. The joy of association resides alongside the anticipation of loss. What is given will be taken, what we have is often only of value to us when it is gone.” He paused, his face now held to the light once more. "
5 " When you are sitting in silence, you open the door to a deeper wisdom--the knowing of the ages. When you are walking, with the path to that wisdom already carved anew by your daily practice, you find that an idea, a thought, a notion, comes to you, and you have the solution to a problem that seemed insoluble. "
6 " ...you should know that all maps are drawn in hindsight. And hindsight, if interpreted with care, is what brings us wisdom. "
7 " he believed that it is a weak country that does not take care of its own, "
8 " The wounds of the past could always be camouflaged. Erasing them to extinguish all trace was the greater challenge. "
9 " Extremes live within us all. The joy of association resides alongside the anticipation of loss. What is given will be taken, what we have is often only of value to us when it is gone. "
