If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments.
Anne Morrow LindberghRead
How hard it is to have the beautiful interdependence of marriage and yet be strong in oneself alone.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Marriage requires both unity and independence.
This quote reflects the delicate balance in marriage between the mutual dependency that partners develop and the individual strength that each person must maintain. It emphasizes the challenge of nurturing a loving partnership while also promoting personal autonomy and self-reliance.
Themes
MarriageInterdependenceStrengthRelationshipsLove
In practice
Example use cases
During a marriage seminar, this quote can be used to illustrate the importance of both unity and individuality in relationships.
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I am most anxious to give my own children enough love and understanding so that they won't grow up with an aching void in them--like you and I and Harold and Martha. That can never be filled, and one goes around all one's life trying, trying to make up for what one didn't get that was one's birthright, asking the wrong people for it.
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