I mean to lead a simple life, to choose a simple shell I ca… - Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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I mean to lead a simple life, to choose a simple shell I can carry easily — like a hermit crab. But I do not. I find that my frame of life does not foster simplicity. My husband and five children must make their way in the world. The life I have chosen as a wife and mother entrains a whole caravan of complications.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh (22 June 1906 – 7 February 2001), born Anne Spencer Morrow, was a pioneering American aviator, and the wife of Charles Lindbergh

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Birth Name: Anne Spencer Morrow

Alternative Names: Anne Lindbergh • Anne Morrow • Anne Spencer Morrow Lindbergh • Anne Spencer Lindbergh

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