The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.
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.
More Anais Nin Quotes
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People living deeply have no fear of death.
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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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I will not adjust myself to the world. I am adjusted to myself.
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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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Don’t let one cloud obliterate the whole sky.
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Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.
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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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My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to find peace with exactly who and what I am. To take pride in my thoughts, my appearance, my talents, my flaws and to stop this incessant worrying that I can’t be loved as I am.
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Violence is a symptom of impotence.
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Man can never know the loneliness a woman knows.
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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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We have been poisoned by fairy tales.
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I don’t wish power, only art -art and passion.
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It is a sign of great inner insecurity to be hostile to the unfamiliar.
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I love your silences, they are like mine.
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