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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.

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh Dearly Beloved (1962)

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More quotes by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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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