Anne Morrow Lindbergh was a pioneering American aviator, author, and the spouse of fellow aviator Charles Lindbergh.
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“To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.”
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
“The punctuation of anniversaries is terrible, like the closing of doors, one after another between you and what you want to hold on to.”
“It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.”
“Him that I love, I wish to be free -- even from me.”
“I feel we are all islands - in a common sea.”
“Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem or saying a prayer.”
“The only real security is not in owning or possessing, not in demanding or expecting, not in hoping, even. Security in a relationship lies neither in looking back to what it was, nor forward to what it might be, but living in the present and accepting it as it is now.”
“The most exhausting thing in life is insincerity”
“After all, I don't see why I am always asking for private, individual, selfish miracles when every year there are miracles like white dogwood.”
“I have been overcome by the beauty and richness of our life together, those early mornings setting out, those evenings gleaming with rivers and lakes below us, still holding the last light.”