Whenever you do something that is not aligned with the yearning or your soul – you create suffering.
ANAIS NINThere 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.
More Anais Nin Quotes
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It was while helping others to be free that I gained my own freedom.
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I adore the struggle you carry in yourself. I adore your terrifying sincerity.
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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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And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
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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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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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Write. Write until it stops hurting.
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I want to do things so wild with you that I don’t know how to say them.
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Shame is the lie someone told you about yourself.
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I hate men who are afraid of women’s strength.
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It is in the movements of emotional crisis that human beings reveal themselves most accurately.
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I walked into my own book, seeking peace. It was night, and I made a careless movement inside the dream; I turned too brusquely the corner and I bruised myself against my madness.
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The fiery moments of passionate experience are the moments of wholeness and totality of the personality.
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Life is a full circle, widening until it joins the circle motions of the infinite.
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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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