It is a very wonderful experience indeed, when, at fifty years old, you suddenly discover that for the first time in your life, you are really free to be yourself. — Monica Baldwin Copy Share Image
The refectory is a cenacle in which the taking of food is transfigured almost into a sacrament. — Monica Baldwin Copy Share Image
Once allow your soul to be disturbed by any violent emotion and, like the waters of a tempest-tossed lake, it can no longer reflect… — Monica Baldwin Copy Share Image
I had forgotten what mustard fields looked like... Sheet upon sheet of blazing yellow, half way between sulphur and celandine, with hot golden sunshine… — Monica Baldwin Copy Share Image
“The moment when you first wake up in the morning is the most wonderful of the twenty-four hours. No matter how weary or dreary… — Monica Baldwin Copy Share Image
I have always felt that the moment when you first wake up in the morning is the most wonderful of the twenty-four hours. No… — Monica Baldwin Copy Share Image
What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for the closest possible intimacy… — Monica Baldwin Copy Share Image
The Sussex lanes were very lovely in the autumn ... spendthrift gold and glory of the year-end ... earth scents and the sky winds… — Monica Baldwin Copy Share Image
A wisp of gossamer, about the size and substance of a spider's web. — Monica Baldwin Copy Share Image
Leaps over walls - especially when taken late in life - can be extremely perilous. To leap successfully, you need a sense of humor,… — Monica Baldwin Copy Share Image
I have always felt that the moment when first you wake up in the morning is the most wonderful of the twenty-four hours. — Monica Baldwin Copy Share Image
It is a very wonderful experience indeed, when, at fifty years old, you suddenly discover that for the first time in your life, you… — Monica Baldwin Copy Share Image
