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By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Age: 94 †
Born: 1906
Born: June 22
Died: 2001
Died: February 7
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there is no aristocracy of grief. Grief is a great leveler.
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I think one must do the thing -- whatever it is (and it changes from time to time) -- that unites you to the flowing stream of the world. At any price, one must do it first. Otherwise one can do nothing, nothing at all. One is out of touch, out of grace.
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Perhaps both men and women in America may hunger, in our material, outward, active, masculine culture, for the supposedly feminine qualities of heart, mind and spirit — qualities which are actually neither masculine nor feminine, but simply human qualities that have been neglected.
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You can’t just write and write and put things in a drawer. They wither without the warm sun of someone else’s appreciation.
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If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments.
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Everything today has been heavy and brown. Bring me a Unicorn to ride about the town.
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