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.

Quote by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

For sleep, one needs endless depths of blackness to sink into; daylight is too shallow,...

For sleep, one needs endless depths of blackness to sink into; daylight is too shallow,...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

Duration is not a test of true or false.

Duration is not a test of true or false.

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...

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...

Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in...

Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in...

I believe that what woman resents is not so much giving herself in pieces as...

I believe that what woman resents is not so much giving herself in pieces as...

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.

For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the...

For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the...

By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular...

By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular...

Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood.

Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood.

Perhaps I am a bear, or some hibernating animal underneath, for the instinct to be...

Perhaps I am a bear, or some hibernating animal underneath, for the instinct to be...

Happy Leap Day...An extra day to deal with stupid people.

Happy Leap Day...An extra day to deal with stupid people.

I had a dream last night, I was eating a ten pound marshmallow. I woke...

I had a dream last night, I was eating a ten pound marshmallow. I woke...

You are warmer then the summer time, so I hold you threw the winter time...

You are warmer then the summer time, so I hold you threw the winter time...