I … understand why the saints were rarely married women. I am convinced it has nothing inherently to do, as I… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

I believe most people are aware of periods in their lives when they seem to be "in grace" and other periods when they feel "out of grace," even though they may use different words to describe these states. In the first happy condition, one seems to carry all one’s tasks before one lightly, as if borne along on a great tide; and in the opposite state one can hardly tie a shoe-string. It is true that a large part of life consists in learning a technique of tying the shoe-string, whether one is in grace or not. But there are techniques of living too; there are even techniques in the search for grace.

By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.

When one is a stranger to oneself then one is estranged from others too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch others.