"We seem so frightened today of being alone……" — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
"We seem so frightened today of being alone that we never let it happen. Even if family, friends, and movies should fail, there is still the radio or televsion to fill up the void... We can do our housework with soap-opera heroes at our side... Now instead of planting our solitude with our own dream blossoms, we choke the space with continuous music, chatter, and companionship to which we do not even listen. It is simply there to fill the vacuum. When the noise stops there is no inner music to take its place. We must re-learn to be alone."
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Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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166 Quotes by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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