Perhaps middle-age is, or should be, a period of shedding shells; the shell of ambition, the shell of material accumulations and possessions, the shell of the ego.
Anne Morrow LindberghWoman's normal occupations in general run counter to creative life, or contemplative life, or saintly life.
Anne Morrow LindberghWhen 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 LindberghI had the feeling . . . that my experience was very different from other peopleโs. (Are we all under this illusion?)
Anne Morrow Lindbergh