"Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found."
- Anne Morrow Lindbergh
"There is, of course, always the personal satisfaction of writing down one's experiences so they may be saved, caught and pinned under glass, hoarded against the winter of forgetfulness. Time has been ..."
"...I want first of all - in fact, as an end to these other desires - to be at peace with myself. I want a singleness of eye, a purity of intention, a central cor to my life that will enable me to carr..."
"A note of music gains significance from the silence on either side."
"The here, the now and the individual have always been the special concern of the saint, the artist, the poet and -- from time immemorial--the woman."
"Woman must come of age by herself -- she must find her true center alone."
"If one sets aside timefor a business appointment, a trip to the hairdresser, a social engagement or a shopping expedition,that time is accepted as inviolable. But if one says: I cannot come because th..."
"We walk up the beach under the stars. We feel stretched, expanded to take in their compass. They pour into us until we are filled with stars, up to the brim.This is what one thirsts for, I realize, af..."
"by and large,mothers and house wives are the only workers who do not have regular time off.They are the great vacationless class"
"I am most anxious to give my own children enough love and understanding so that they won't grow up with an aching void in them--like you and I and Harold and Martha. That can never be filled, and one ..."