Can one make the future a substitute for the present? And what guarantee have we that the future will be any better if we neglect the present? - Anne Morrow Lindbergh

"And so I miss the fertilization that might come from a contact. And for me — yes, I think I might as well admit it — fertilization does come a great deal from contacts. Why then do I avoid them — in a sort of false pride — shyness — timorous modesty? I used to be afraid of falling in love with people — or having them think I was — that I was chasing them (how ridiculous — I am actually always running away!) but now surely — I should be mature enough to be over that. I am no longer afraid of falling in love, and the other false modesties should vanish. I cannot bear to think "par delicatesse j'ai perdu ma vie." (Because of discretion I have lost my life)."

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.

How hard it is to have the beautiful interdependence of marriage and yet be strong in oneself alone.