Seems Quotes by anne morrow lindbergh

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Lindbergh’s lyrical prose offers nine short reflections on how the world “seems” versus its inner currents.

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I can conceive of 'falling in love' over and over again. But 'marriage,' this richness of life itself, I cannot conceive of…

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Purposeful giving is not as apt to deplete one's resources; it belongs to that natural order of giving that seems to renew…

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How one hates to think of oneself as alone. How one avoids it. It seems to imply rejection or unpopularity.

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Marriage is tough, because it is woven of all these various elements, the weak and the strong. "In love-ness" is fragile for…

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Splutter, splutter. Yes - we're off - we're rising. But why start off with an engine like that? But it smooths out…

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The plane seems exultant now, even arrogant. We did it, we did it! We're up, above you. We were dependant on you…

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We seem so frightened today of being alone that we never let it happen. Even if family, friends, and movies should fail,…

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The signs that presage growth, so similar, it seems to me, to those in early adolescence: discontent, restlessness, doubt, despair, longing, are…

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In general, I feel, or I have come to feel, that the richest writing comes not from the people who dedicate themselves…

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Splutter, splutter. Yes - we're off - we're rising. But why start off with an engine like that? But it smooths out now, like…

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When one is a stranger to oneself then one is estranged from others too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one…

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“Is it not rather ugly, one may ask? One collects material possessions not only for security, comfort or vanity, but for beauty as well.…

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No one, it has been said, will ever look at the Moon in the same way again. More significantly can one say that no…

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“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.”

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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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I do not like talking casually to people - it does not interest me - and most of them are unwilling to talk at…

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“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…

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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…

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For relationships, too, must be like islands. One must accept them for what they are here and now, within their limits - islands surrounded…

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“One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can only collect a few. One moon shell is more impressive than three.…

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Why do progress and beauty have to be so opposed?

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