I don’t wish power, only art -art and passion.
ANAIS NINHow wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.
More Anais Nin Quotes
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I love the abstract, delicate, profound, vague, voluptuously wordless sensation of living ecstatically.
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The secret of life was Breath. That was what I always wanted my words to do, to Breathe.
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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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Your eyes make me shy.
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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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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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Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.
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Good things happen to those who hustle.
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It was while helping others to be free that I gained my own freedom.
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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 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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Sometimes we reveal ourselves when we are least like ourselves.
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Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.
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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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Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it.
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