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 NINI 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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Man can never know the loneliness a woman knows.
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I hate men who are afraid of women’s strength.
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Dreams are necessary to life.
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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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The secret of life was Breath. That was what I always wanted my words to do, to Breathe.
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Anything I can not transform into something marvelous, I let go.
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You live out the confusions until they become clear.
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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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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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There are many ways to be free. One of them is to transcend reality by imagination, as I try to do.
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I will not adjust myself to the world. I am adjusted to myself.
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You cannot save people, you can only love them.
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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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Compassion for our parents is the true sign of maturity.
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For you and for me the highest moment, the keenest joy, is not when our minds dominate but when we lose our minds, and you and I both lose it in the same way, through love.
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