Nature forms us for ourselves, not for others; to be, not to seem.
ANAIS NINWrite. Write until it stops hurting.
More Anais Nin Quotes
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In chaos, there is fertility.
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What everyone forgets is that passion is not merely a heightened sensual fusion but a way of life which produces, as in the mystics, an ecstatic awareness of the whole of life.
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The real wonders of life lie in the depths. Exploring the depths for truths is the real wonder which the child and the artist know: magic and power lie in truth.
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The secret of joy is the mastery of pain.
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We are never trapped unless we choose to be.
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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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Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.
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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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We are cruel when someone refuses to play the role in which we have cast him. We judge a person only according to his relationship towards us.
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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 love your silences, they are like mine.
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Experience teaches acceptance of the imperfect as life.
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Anxiety is love’s greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic.
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The enemy of a love is never outside, it’s not a man or woman, it’s what we lack in ourselves.
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Dreams are necessary to life.
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