"How we remember, what we remember, and why we remember form the most personal map of our individuality."

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Source : Christina Baldwin (1991). “One to One: Self-Understanding Through Journal Writing”, p.68, M. Evans

Christina Baldwin

#Memories Quotes #Individuality Quotes #Maps Quotes

“Present company excluded, this looked to be the most pleasant detention ever experienced by mankind. Further proof that librarians should run the world-or a least be in charge of detention at Bathory High.”
“Some people find the experience and practice of compassion as a spiritual discipline to be a more direct route to the transformation of the heart than prayer. It is not that prayer does not or should not play a role in their lives, but their way to the opening of the heart lies through deeds of compassion. "Just do it" summarizes this path of transformation.”
“This is how....life happens. One small thing at a time. A series of inconsequential junctions, any or none of which can lead to salvation or disaster. There are no grand moments where a person does or does not perform the act that defines their humanity. There are only moments that appear, briefly, to be this way.”
“I never say 'never,' and I never say 'always.'”
“And I must bear What is ordained with patience, being aware Necessity doth front the universe With an invincible gesture.”
“In extraordinary events ignorance of their causes produces astonishment.”
“I think love changes you over time, and whether you have good or bad experiences, you always grow and learn from them.”
“Vanity Fair has but two major articles in its editorial creed: first, to believe in the progress and promise of American life, and, second, to chronicle that progress cheerfully, truthfully, and entertainingly.”

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