Farewell to the East End Quotes

“But life is made of happiness and tragedy in equal proportions, and we will never change that.”
― Jennifer Worth, Call the Midwife: Farewell to the East End

“I remember the days of my youth when everything was new and bright; when the mind was always questing, searching, absorbing; when the pain of love was so acute it could suffocate. And the days when joy was delirious.”
― Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End: The Last Days of the East End Midwives

“Someone once said that youth is wasted on the young.* Not a bit of it. Only the young have the impulsive energy to tackle the impossible and enjoy it; the courage to follow their instincts and brave the new; the stamina to work all day, all night and all the next day without tiring. For the young everything is possible. None of us, twenty years later, could do the things we did in our youth. Though the vision burns still bright, the energy has gone.”
― Jennifer Worth, Call the Midwife: Farewell to the East End

“I did not regard it as a moral issue, but as a medical issue. A minority of women will always want an abortion. Therefore it must be done properly.”
― Jennifer Worth, Call the Midwife: Farewell to the East End

“Good midwifery is a combination of art, science, experience, and instinct.”
― Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End: The Last Days of the East End Midwives

“Poverty is such a relative thing; but no man is really poor till life becomes a desert island that gives him neither food nor shelter nor hope.”
― Jennifer Worth, Call the Midwife: Farewell to the East End

“There is something in the eyes of a woman who has lost a child that sets her apart from others. The grief and pain never go away.”
― Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End: The Last Days of the East End Midwives

“God loves greatly those whom he requires to suffer greatly.”
― Jennifer Worth, Call the Midwife: Farewell to the East End

“Il mestiere di levatrice è una combinazione di arte, scienza, esperienza e istinto.”
― Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End: The Last Days of the East End Midwives

“Sì, c'è qualcosa negli occhi di una donna che ha perso il proprio figlio che la rende diversa da tutti gli altri. Il dolore e la sofferenza non l'abbandonano più.”
― Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End: The Last Days of the East End Midwives

“Ma la vita è fatta di gioia e miseria in uguali proporzioni ed è una verità che dobbiamo accettare.”
― Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End: The Last Days of the East End Midwives

“«Sembra tutto così diverso se lo si guarda da prospettive differenti, non è vero? Vediamo le cose in un certo modo e ci sembra corretto. Ma basta spostare appena l'incidenza della luce...», spostò leggermente il cucchiaio, «e di colpo le vediamo completamente diverse. [...]»”
― Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End: The Last Days of the East End Midwives

“Nel nostro mestiere ci capita spesso di conoscere le persone nei momenti più ntimi e drammatici delle loro vite. Ma poi, come le navi che passano di notte, scompaiono all'orizzonte e non le vediamo più.”
― Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End: The Last Days of the East End Midwives

“remembered”
― Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End

“Well, your mater is an ass.”
― Jennifer Worth, Call the Midwife: Farewell to the East End

“Wiv difficulty 'an injinuity. Jest bein' smart, like.”
― Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End: The Last Days of the East End Midwives