anne morrow lindbergh

“There is, of course, always the personal satisfaction of writing down one's own experiences so they may be saved, caught and pinned…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

The nicest gifts are those left, nameless and quiet, unburdened with love, or vanity, or the desire for attention.

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

When one is out of touch with oneself, one cannot touch others.

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Perhaps both men and women in America may hunger, in our material, outward, active, masculine culture, for the supposedly feminine qualities of…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

I want a singleness of eye, a purity of intention, a central core to my life that will enable me to carry…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“A good relationship has a pattern like a dance and is built on some of the same rules. The partners do not…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Travelers are always discoverers, especially those who travel by air. There are no signposts in the sky to show a man has…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“Woman must come of age by herself. This is the essence of "coming of age" -to learn how to stand alone.”

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

For sleep, one needs endless depths of blackness to sink into; daylight is too shallow, it will not cover one.

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

For it is only framed in space that beauty blooms. Only in space are events and objects and people unique and significant-and…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“A day out of season, stopping the monotonous count of summer days. Stopping, too, one's own summer routine, so that, looking out…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“Because we cannot deal with the many as individuals, we sometimes try to simplify the many into an abstraction called the mass.…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Packing is chiefly planning -- if it is

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

... once you get beyond the crust of the first pang it is all the same and you can easily bear it.…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Go for a short walk in a soft rain - lovely - so many wild flowers startling me through the woods and…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Perhaps both men and women in America may hunger, in our material, outward, active, masculine culture, for the supposedly feminine qualities of…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

... writing letters is thinking, just as talking to you is thinking.

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Why is life speeded up so? Why are things so terribly, unbearably precious that you can't enjoy them but can only wait…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“I want first of all... to be at peace with myself. I want a singleness of eye, a purity of intention, a…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

I sometimes think that perhaps our minds are too weak to grasp joy or sorrow except in small things...In the big things…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

For is it not possible that middle age can be looked upon as a period of second flowering, second growth, even a…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

I have been overcome by the beauty and richness of our life together, those early mornings setting out, those evenings gleaming with…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

One learns to accept the fact that no permanent return is possible to an old form of relationship; and, more deeply still,…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“But the bond—the bond of romantic love is something else. It has so little to do with propinquity or habit or space…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh