--- title: "7 Flight Quotes By anne morrow lindbergh" description: "7 Flight quotes by anne morrow lindbergh. Plus more from anne morrow lindbergh and more Flight sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c4/anne-morrow-lindbergh-983_arrogant_splutter-splutter-yes-we-re-off-we-re-ri_19978.jpg" --- > [Splutter, splutter. Yes - we're off - we're rising. But why start off with an engine like that? But it smooths out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-morrow-lindbergh/splutter-splutter-yes-we-re-off-we-re-rising-but-why-start-off-with/) [Anne Morrow Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-morrow-lindbergh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c4/anne-morrow-lindbergh-983_arrogant_splutter-splutter-yes-we-re-off-we-re-ri_19978.jpg) > [The fundamental magic of flying, a miracle that has nothing to do with any of its practical purposes - purposes of speed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-morrow-lindbergh/the-fundamental-magic-of-flying-a-miracle-that-has-nothing-to-do-with/) [Anne Morrow Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-morrow-lindbergh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0d/anne-morrow-lindbergh-983_accessibility_the-fundamental-magic-of-flying-a-miracl_445089.png) > [The plane seems exultant now, even arrogant. We did it, we did it! We're up, above you. We were dependant on you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-morrow-lindbergh/the-plane-seems-exultant-now-even-arrogant-we-did-it-we-did-it-we-re/) [Anne Morrow Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-morrow-lindbergh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c9/anne-morrow-lindbergh-983_arrogant_the-plane-seems-exultant-now-even-arroga_879604.jpg) > [And if flying, like a glass-bottomed bucket, can give you that vision, that seeing eye, which peers down on the still world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-morrow-lindbergh/and-if-flying-like-a-glass-bottomed-bucket-can-give-you-that-vision/) [Anne Morrow Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-morrow-lindbergh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e00/anne-morrow-lindbergh-983_aviation_and-if-flying-like-a-glass-bottomed-buck_936828.png) > [Flying was a very tangible freedom. In those days, it was beauty, adventure, discovery - the epitome of breaking into new worlds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-morrow-lindbergh/flying-was-a-very-tangible-freedom-in-those-days-it-was-beauty/) [Anne Morrow Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-morrow-lindbergh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f5/anne-morrow-lindbergh-983_adventure_flying-was-a-very-tangible-freedom-in-th_1878551.png) > [It was a magic caused by the collision of modern methods and old ones; modern history and ancient; accessibility and isolation. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-morrow-lindbergh/it-was-a-magic-caused-by-the-collision-of-modern-methods-and-old-ones/) [Anne Morrow Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-morrow-lindbergh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/927/anne-morrow-lindbergh-983_accessibility_it-was-a-magic-caused-by-the-collision-o_1939916.jpg) > [These bright roofs, these steep towers, these jewel-lakes, these skeins of railroad line - all spoke to her and she answered. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-morrow-lindbergh/these-bright-roofs-these-steep-towers-these-jewel-lakes-these-skeins-2/) [Anne Morrow Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-morrow-lindbergh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e74/anne-morrow-lindbergh-983_aviation_these-bright-roofs-these-steep-towers-th_2166400.jpg) ## Other authors on Flight ## More by anne morrow lindbergh > [“I promise to respect and protect your aloneness, knowing that everything created must have its period of darkness: child and bulb, poem and personality.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-morrow-lindbergh/i-promise-to-respect-and-protect-your-aloneness-knowing-that/) [anne morrow lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-morrow-lindbergh/) > [Not knowing how to feed the spirit, we try to muffle its demands in distraction...What matters is that one be for a time inwardly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-morrow-lindbergh/not-knowing-how-to-feed-the-spirit-we-try-to-muffle-its-demands-in/) [Anne Morrow Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-morrow-lindbergh/) > [How one hates to think of oneself as alone. How one avoids it. It seems to imply rejection or unpopularity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-morrow-lindbergh/how-one-hates-to-think-of-oneself-as-alone-how-one-avoids-it-it-seems/) [Anne Morrow Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-morrow-lindbergh/) > [Splutter, splutter. Yes - we're off - we're rising. But why start off with an engine like that? But it smooths out now, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-morrow-lindbergh/splutter-splutter-yes-we-re-off-we-re-rising-but-why-start-off-with/) [Anne Morrow Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-morrow-lindbergh/) > [When one is a stranger to oneself then one is estranged from others too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-morrow-lindbergh/when-one-is-a-stranger-to-oneself-then-one-is-estranged-from-others/) [Anne Morrow Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-morrow-lindbergh/) > [“Is it not rather ugly, one may ask? One collects material possessions not only for security, comfort or vanity, but for beauty as well.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-morrow-lindbergh/is-it-not-rather-ugly-one-may-ask-one-collects-material-possessions/) [Anne Morrow Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-morrow-lindbergh/) > [No one, it has been said, will ever look at the Moon in the same way again. More significantly can one say that no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-morrow-lindbergh/no-one-it-has-been-said-will-ever-look-at-the-moon-in-the-same-way/) [Anne Morrow Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-morrow-lindbergh/) > [“It isn't for the moment you are stuck that you need courage, but for the long uphill climb back to sanity, faith and security.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-morrow-lindbergh/it-isn-t-for-the-moment-you-are-stuck-that-you-need-courage-but-for/) [Anne Morrow Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-morrow-lindbergh/) > [By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-morrow-lindbergh/by-and-large-mothers-and-housewives-are-the-only-workers-who-do-not/) [Anne Morrow Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-morrow-lindbergh/) > [I do not like talking casually to people - it does not interest me - and most of them are unwilling to talk at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-morrow-lindbergh/i-do-not-like-talking-casually-to-people-it-does-not-interest-me-and/) [Anne Morrow Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-morrow-lindbergh/) > [“One comes in the end to realize that there is no permanent pure-relationship and there should not be. It is not even something to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-morrow-lindbergh/one-comes-in-the-end-to-realize-that-there-is-no-permanent-pure/) [Anne Morrow Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-morrow-lindbergh/) > [It is a difficult lesson to learn today-to leave one's friends and family and deliberately practice the art of solitude for an hour or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-morrow-lindbergh/it-is-a-difficult-lesson-to-learn-today-to-leave-one-s-friends-and/) [Anne Morrow Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-morrow-lindbergh/) > [For relationships, too, must be like islands. One must accept them for what they are here and now, within their limits - islands surrounded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-morrow-lindbergh/for-relationships-too-must-be-like-islands-one-must-accept-them-for/) [Anne Morrow Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-morrow-lindbergh/) > [“One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can only collect a few. One moon shell is more impressive than three.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-morrow-lindbergh/one-cannot-collect-all-the-beautiful-shells-on-the-beach-one-can-only/) [Anne Morrow Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-morrow-lindbergh/) > [Why do progress and beauty have to be so opposed?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-morrow-lindbergh/why-do-progress-and-beauty-have-to-be-so-opposed/) [Anne Morrow Lindbergh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-morrow-lindbergh/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flight/anne-morrow-lindbergh/#itemlist", "name": "7 Flight Quotes By anne morrow lindbergh", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Splutter, splutter. Yes - we're off - we're rising. But why start off with an engine like that? 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