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I find there is a quality to being alone that is incredibly precious. Life rushes back into the void, richer, more vivid, fuller than before.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Age: 94 †
Born: 1906
Born: June 22
Died: 2001
Died: February 7
Aircraft Pilot
Author
Diarist
Glider Pilot
Poet
Writer
Englewood
New Jersey
Anne Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Anne Spencer Morrow
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Quality
Rushes
Back
Fuller
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Richer
Life
Vivid
Void
Incredibly
Precious
Alone

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