The punctuation of anniversaries is terrible, like the closing of doors, one after another between you and what you want to hold on to.

Quote by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood.

Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood.

The loneliness you get by the sea is personal and alive. It doesn't subdue you...

The loneliness you get by the sea is personal and alive. It doesn't subdue you...

My passport photo is one of the most remarkable photographs I have ever seen -...

My passport photo is one of the most remarkable photographs I have ever seen -...

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...

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...

Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found.

Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found.

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...

There are no signposts in the sky to show a man has passed that way...

There are no signposts in the sky to show a man has passed that way...

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...

Duration is not a test of true or false.

Duration is not a test of true or false.

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

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

When the wedding march sounds the resolute approach, the clock no longer ticks, it tolls...

When the wedding march sounds the resolute approach, the clock no longer ticks, it tolls...

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,...

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.

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,...

I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more...

I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more...

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...

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 most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.

The wave of the future is coming and there is no fighting it.

The wave of the future is coming and there is no fighting it.