Shadows of the Workhouse (Call the Midwife)

by Jennifer Worth

This craven urge to please brought her no rest, no comfort.

it is not uncommon for highly intellectual people to be baffled by the practicalities of everyday life.

The momentous events in history can leave us untouched, while small events may shape our destinies.

Memories of early childhood dwell in a limbo that is neither forgetting, nor quite remembering.

Health is the greatest of God’s gifts, but we take it for granted; yet it hangs on a thread as fine as a spider’s web and the tiniest thing can make it snap, leaving the strongest of us helpless in an instant.

Pain is a mystery that we cannot fathom, because there is no measure.