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

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh The Unicorn in Captivity (1955)

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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)

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