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.
ANAIS NINWe 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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Don’t let one cloud obliterate the whole sky.
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The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.
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She lacks confidence, she craves admiration insatiably. She lives on the reflections of herself in the eyes of others. She does not dare to be herself.
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You cannot save people, you can only love them.
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Write. Write until it stops hurting.
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Nature forms us for ourselves, not for others; to be, not to seem.
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We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.
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I believe the lasting revolution comes from deep changes in ourselves which influence our collective life.
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You live out the confusions until they become clear.
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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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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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Reality doesn’t impress me. I only believe in intoxication, in ecstasy, and when ordinary life shackles me, I escape, one way or another. No more walls.
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We are never trapped unless we choose to be.
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I hate men who are afraid of women’s strength.
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I reserve the right to love many different people at once, and to change my prince often.
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