Anne Morrow Lindbergh Quote

What a circus act we women perform every day of our lives. Look at us. We run a tightrope daily, balancing a pile of books on the head. Baby-carriage, parasol, kitchen chair, still under control. Steady now! This is not the life of simplicity but the life of multiplicity that the wise men warn us of.


Gift from the Sea (ed. Pantheon, 2011) - ISBN: 9780307805171


What a circus act we women perform every day of our lives. Look at us. We run a tightrope daily, balancing a pile of books on the head....

What a circus act we women perform every day of our lives. Look at us. We run a tightrope daily, balancing a pile of books on the head....

What a circus act we women perform every day of our lives. Look at us. We run a tightrope daily, balancing a pile of books on the head....

What a circus act we women perform every day of our lives. Look at us. We run a tightrope daily, balancing a pile of books on the head....