One can never pay in gratitude: one can only pay 'in kind' somewhere else in life.

Quote by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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The punctuation of anniversaries is terrible, like the closing of doors, one after another between...

The punctuation of anniversaries is terrible, like the closing of doors, one after another between...

Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood.

Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood.

Duration is not a test of true or false.

Duration is not a test of true or false.

I have been overcome by the beauty and richness of our life together, those early...

I have been overcome by the beauty and richness of our life together, those early...

I have been overcome by the beauty and richness of our life together, those early...

I have been overcome by the beauty and richness of our life together, those early...

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

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

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

Perhaps middle-age is, or should be, a period of shedding shells; the shell of ambition,...

Perhaps middle-age is, or should be, a period of shedding shells; the shell of ambition,...

Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood.

Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood.

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat...

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat...

Grief can't be shared. Everyone carries it alone. His own burden in his own way.

Grief can't be shared. Everyone carries it alone. His own burden in his own way.

One must lose one's life in order to find it.

One must lose one's life in order to find it.

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

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

I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world...

I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world...

Don't wish me happiness-I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish...

Don't wish me happiness-I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish...

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

To give without any reward, or any notice, has a special quality of its own.

The only real security is not in owning or possessing, not in demanding or expecting,...

The only real security is not in owning or possessing, not in demanding or expecting,...

One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach; one can collect only a...

One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach; one can collect only a...

As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it...

As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it...

Underneath the beautiful exterior there was an element of ruthlessness and toughness that I had...

Underneath the beautiful exterior there was an element of ruthlessness and toughness that I had...