If one sets aside timefor a business appointment, a trip to the hairdresser, a social engagement or a shopping expedition,that time is accepted as inviolable. But if one says: I cannot come because that is my hour to be alone,one is considered rude, egotistical or strange. What a commentary on our civilization, when beingalone is considered suspect; when one has to apologize for it, make excuses, hide the fact that onepractices itlike a secret vice!
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About Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Anne Morrow Lindbergh was a 20th-century American aviator and author. Anne Spencer Morrow Lindbergh was an American writer and aviator. She was the wife of decorated pioneer aviator Charles Lindbergh, with whom she made many exploratory flights. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Time — Reflections on the passage of time and how we spend it