"Wonder and despair are two sides of a spinning coin. When you open yourself to one, you open yourself to the other. You discover a capacity for joy that wasn't in you before. Wonder is the promise of restoration: as deeply as you dive, so may you rise."

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Source : Christina Baldwin (1991). “Life's Companion: Journal Writing as a Spiritual Quest”, Bantam

Christina Baldwin

#Two Sides Quotes #Joy Quotes #Promise Quotes

“And he did see--that life was rotten, that there were no heroes, really, and that you couldn't trust anybody, not even yourself.”

Source : Robert Cormier (2013). “The Chocolate War”, p.115, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“Play is a child's work and this is not a trivial pursuit.”
“Ruby in Paradise and the intensity and quality that I was able to experience on Smoke were equally as important to me as working on this movie every day for three-and-a-half months.”
“It's nice to be given a role where you can really find the strength from within, as a woman, and to be heard.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything.”
“Your life experience will never far exceed the expectations of your peers, because to stay connected to them there is an unconscious contract that says we're going to be within this range of each other. Now, on the other hand, if for some reason your friends have a higher expectation for life than you do, just to stay on the team you've got to raise your standard.”
“As I grow older I find that though I think I'm saying the same things as I always did, people listen to me more.”
“Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round.”

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