We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.
ANAIS NINWe don’t have a language for the senses. Feelings are images, sensations are like musical sounds.
More Anais Nin Quotes
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There are only two kinds of freedom in the world; the freedom of the rich and powerful, and the freedom of the artist and the monk who renounces possessions.
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I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing.
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Dreams are necessary to life.
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The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle.
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Tranquillity is contagious, peace is contagious. One only thinks of the contagiousness of illness, but there is the contagion of serenity and joy.
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We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.
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Your eyes make me shy.
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Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.
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Compassion for our parents is the true sign of maturity.
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Good things happen to those who hustle.
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Violence is a symptom of impotence.
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If I love you it means we share the same fantasies, the same madnesses.
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Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.
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We are never trapped unless we choose to be.
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My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to find peace with exactly who and what I am. To take pride in my thoughts, my appearance, my talents, my flaws and to stop this incessant worrying that I can’t be loved as I am.
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