Amelia Earhart Quotes


Please let us not interfere with the other's work or play, nor let the world see our private joys or disagreements. In this connection I may have to keep some place where I can go to be myself, now and then, for I cannot guarantee to endure at all times the confinements of even an attractive cage.


Citations

Earhart, Amelia. Letter to George Palmer Putnam, 1931. Quoted in Lovell, Mary S. The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart. St. Martin's Press, 1989, p. 166.

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Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart
  • Born: July 24, 1897
  • Died: July 2, 1937
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Aviator

Amelia Mary Earhart was an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences, and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.