“Words were central to her life for as long as I have known her,
and yet she appears perfectly comfortable without them.
She does not miss them. I on the other hand, am at a loss.
I am bewildered, confused, absolutely at sea, in my mother's silence.”
– Reeve Lindbergh,
No More Words,
describing how her mother, Anne Morrow,
became almost totally uncommunicative
after a lifetime of writing and encouragement