I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable.

War Without and Within: Diaries And Letters Of Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1939–1944. Morrow a partner in J. Anne would later benefit from this routine eventually publishing her later diaries to critical acclaim.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh (née Anne Spencer Morrow; June 22 1906 – February 7 2001) was an American author aviator and the spouse of fellow aviator Charles Lindbergh. She was an acclaimed author whose books and articles spanned the genres of poetry to non-fiction touching upon topics as diverse as youth and age; love and marriage; peace solitude and contentment as well as the role of women in the 20th century.