Don't wish me happiness — I don't expect to be happy; it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor — I will need them all." - Meaning and context.">
Letter to Corliss Lamont on her engagement (1928)
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Don't wish me happiness — I don't expect to be happy; it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor — I will need them all.

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Don't wish me happiness — I don't expect to be happy; it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor — I will need them all." in the context of "Letter to Corliss Lamont on her engagement (1928)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Anne Morrow Lindbergh

About Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Anne Morrow Lindbergh (22 June 1906 – 7 February 2001), born Anne Spencer Morrow, was a pioneering American aviator, and the wife of Charles Lindbergh