"There comes a moment when the things one……" — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
"There comes a moment when the things one has written, even a traveler's memories, stand up and demand a justification. They require an explanation. They query, 'Who am I? What is my name? Why am I here?"
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166 Quotes by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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Only when a tree has fallen can you take the measure of it. It is the same with a man.
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Nothing feeds the center of being so much as creative work.
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...the only continuity possible in life, as in love, is in growth, in fluidity - in freedom. The only real…
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Love is a force.... It is not a result; it is a cause. It is not a product; it produces.
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Lost time is like a run in a stocking. It always gets worse.
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