Anne Morrow Lindbergh

My passport photo is one of the most remarkable photographs I have ever seen --- no retouching, no shadows, no flattery --- just stark me.

Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem, or saying a prayer.

The most exhausting thing you can do is to be inauthentic.

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

Perhaps I am a bear, or some hibernating animal underneath, for the instinct to be half asleep all winter is so strong in me.

If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments.

- Anne Morrow Lindbergh