The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.
ANAIS NINOne handles truths like dynamite.
More Anais Nin Quotes
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I will not adjust myself to the world. I am adjusted to myself.
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In chaos, there is fertility.
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Had I not created my whole world, I would certainly have died in other people’s.
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People living deeply have no fear of death.
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Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.
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If I love you it means we share the same fantasies, the same madnesses.
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Those who cannot live fully often become destroyers of life.
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Compassion for our parents is the true sign of maturity.
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For you and for me the highest moment, the keenest joy, is not when our minds dominate but when we lose our minds, and you and I both lose it in the same way, through love.
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I adore the struggle you carry in yourself. I adore your terrifying sincerity.
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I am a winged creature who is too rarely allowed to use its wings. Ecstasies do not occur often enough.
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Sometimes we reveal ourselves when we are least like ourselves.
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I believe the lasting revolution comes from deep changes in ourselves which influence our collective life.
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Violence is a symptom of impotence.
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I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.
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