If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments.
Anne Morrow LindberghRead
People talk about love as if it were something you could give, like an armful of flowers.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Love is often misunderstood as something tangible that can be freely given.
This quote by Anne Morrow Lindbergh challenges the conventional view of love as a mere gift that can be handed over like a physical object. Instead, it suggests that love is more complex and cannot be simply given or taken away; it involves deeper emotional connections and mutual understanding.
Themes
LoveRelationshipsEmotionConnectionUnderstanding
In practice
Example use cases
A wedding toast celebrating the intricate nature of love.
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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 goes around all one's life trying, trying to make up for what one didn't get that was one's birthright, asking the wrong people for it.
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