Tranquillity is contagious, peace is contagious. One only thinks of the contagiousness of illness, but there is the contagion of serenity and joy.
ANAIS NINLove men and women not for their strength but their softness, not for their fullness but their hunger, not for their plenty but their need.
More Anais Nin Quotes
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It is a sign of great inner insecurity to be hostile to the unfamiliar.
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Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.
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Had I not created my whole world, I would certainly have died in other people’s.
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Willingness to explore everything is a sign of strength. The weak ones have prejudices. Prejudices are a protection.
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No one should be forced to carry the unfulfilled self of another.
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The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.
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The secret of joy is the mastery of pain.
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Do not seek the because – in love there is no because, no reason, no explanation, no solutions.
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Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.
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I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing.
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Violence is a symptom of impotence.
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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 must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.
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I hate men who are afraid of women’s strength.
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And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
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