Anne Morrow Lindbergh

American Author

Lived from: 1906-

Quotes: Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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A note of music gains significance from the silence on either side.
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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.
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America, which has the most glorious present still existing in the world today, hardly stops to enjoy it, in her insatiable appetite for the future.
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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.
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By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.
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Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all.
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Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood.
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For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair.
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For sleep, one needs endless depths of blackness to sink into; daylight is too shallow, it will not cover one.
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Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.
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Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.
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Grief can't be shared. Everyone carries it alone. His own burden in his own way.
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Him that I love, I wish to be
Free -
Even from me.
Source: Even- (1966)
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I believe that what woman resents is not so much giving herself in pieces as giving herself purposelessly.
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I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable.