Certain springs are tapped only when we are alone. Women need solitude…

Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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Certain springs are tapped only when we are alone. Women need solitude in order to find again the true essence of themselves; that firm strand which will be the indispensable center of a whole web of human relationships. ✨ Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1975). GIFT FROM THE SEA
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Certain springs are tapped only when we are alone. Women need solitude in order to find again the true essence of themselves; that firm strand which will be the indispensable center of a whole web of human relationships. ✨ Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1975). GIFT FROM THE SEA

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