Living never wore one out so much as the effort not to live.
ANAIS NINAge does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.
More Anais Nin Quotes
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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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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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We don’t have a language for the senses. Feelings are images, sensations are like musical sounds.
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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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The only transformer and alchemist that turns everything into gold is love. The only magic against death, aging, ordinary life, is love.
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You cannot save people, you can only love them.
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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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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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I hate men who are afraid of women’s strength.
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No one should be forced to carry the unfulfilled self of another.
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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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Experience teaches acceptance of the imperfect as life.
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Good things happen to those who hustle.
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Shame is the lie someone told you about yourself.
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Passion gives me moments of wholeness.
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