Anne Morrow Lindbergh Quote

I... understand why the saints were rarely married women. I am convinced it has nothing inherently to do, as I once supposed, with chastity or children. It has to do primarily with distractions.... Woman's normal occupations in general run counter to creative life, or contemplative life or saintly life.


Gift from the Sea (1955), ch. 2


I... understand why the saints were rarely married women. I am convinced it has nothing inherently to do, as I once supposed, with chastity or...

I... understand why the saints were rarely married women. I am convinced it has nothing inherently to do, as I once supposed, with chastity or...

I... understand why the saints were rarely married women. I am convinced it has nothing inherently to do, as I once supposed, with chastity or...

I... understand why the saints were rarely married women. I am convinced it has nothing inherently to do, as I once supposed, with chastity or...