Anne Morrow Lindbergh Quotes

1906–2001 United States

Anne Morrow Lindbergh (22 June 1906 – 7 February 2001), born Anne Spencer Morrow, was a pioneering American aviator, and the wife of Charles Lindbergh

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Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found.

The Wave of the Future (1940)

The punctuation of anniversaries is terrible, like the closing of doors, one after another between you and what you want to hold on to.

One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay "in kind" somewhere else in life.

North to the Orient (1935)

The wave of the future is coming and there is no fighting it.

The Wave of the Future (1940)

Life itself is always pulling you away from the understanding of life.

War Within and Without (1980)

One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach — waiting for a gift from the sea.

Gift from the Sea (1955)

One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few.

Gift from the Sea (1955)

Good communication is stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.

Gift from the Sea (1955)

Lost time was like a run in a stocking. It always got worse.

The Steep Ascent (1944)

There are no signposts in the sky to show a man has passed that way before. There are no channels marked. The flier breaks each second into new uncharted seas.

North to the Orient (1935)

Here sits the Unicorn
In captivity,
Yet free.

The Unicorn in Captivity (1955)

I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is being conscious of living.

Locked Rooms and Open Doors (1974)

People don't want to be understood — I mean not completely. It's too destructive. Then they haven't anything left.

Bring Me a Unicorn (1971)

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient.

Gift from the Sea (1955)

When the wedding march sounds the resolute approach, the clock no longer ticks, it tolls the hour…. The figures in the aisle are no longer individuals, they symbolize the human race.

Dearly Beloved (1962)

Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.

Gift from the Sea (1955)

Him that I love, I wish to be
Free —
Even from me.

Even (1966)

I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable.

He could snap the golden chain
With one toss of his mane,
If he chose to move,
If he chose to prove
His liberty.

The Unicorn in Captivity (1955)

Don't wish me happiness — I don't expect to be happy; it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor — I will need them all.

Bring Me a Unicorn (1971)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Anne Morrow Lindbergh (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.