"If you know something bad is coming, can't you plan to avoid it or try to do something differently?" said Charles. Probably", said the Cartographer, "but then the good events would have no flavor. The joy you find in life is paid for by suffering that comes later, just as sometimes, the suffering is redeemed by a joy unexpected. That's the trade that makes a life worth living."

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Source : James A. Owen (2015). “Dawn of the Dragons: Here, There Be Dragons; The Search for the Red Dragon”, p.192, Simon and Schuster

James A. Owen

#Joy Quotes #Suffering Quotes #Trying Quotes

“I really would like to work with kids if I was not a model.”
“I see people detained for simple INS violations.”

Source : "Former FBI Translator Sibel Edmonds Calls Current 9/11 Investigation Inadequate". Interview with Jim Hogue, baltimorechronicle.com. May 7, 2004.
“-she remembered them kindly, for there was a sweetness in boys that didn't last long, once they became men.”
“We must see to it that enthusiasm for the future does not give rise to contempt for the past.”

Source : Pope Paul VI “Insegnamenti di Paolo VI.”
“I'm always looking for perfection. Every photographer, in one way or another, if he's serious, is. He ain't ever going to get it. But hope springs eternal.”
“We don't always get the journey we want. But we always get the journey we need.”
“We become like what we focus upon. Fix your eyes upon Christ and be conformed into His image.”
“Grind the faces of the poor.”

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