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.
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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We are beginning to see the influence of dream upon reality and reality upon dream.
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Whenever you do something that is not aligned with the yearning or your soul – you create suffering.
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Don’t let one cloud obliterate the whole sky.
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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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I love the abstract, delicate, profound, vague, voluptuously wordless sensation of living ecstatically.
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I will not adjust myself to the world. I am adjusted to myself.
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We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.
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Nature forms us for ourselves, not for others; to be, not to seem.
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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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I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing.
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I take pleasure in my transformations. I look quiet and consistent, but few know how many women there are in me.
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Anything I can not transform into something marvelous, I let go.
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In chaos, there is fertility.
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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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You don’t find love, it finds you. It’s got a little bit to do with destiny, fate, and what’s written in the stars.
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