Nature forms us for ourselves, not for others; to be, not to seem.
ANAIS NINI must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.
More Anais Nin Quotes
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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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Sometimes we reveal ourselves when we are least like ourselves.
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One handles truths like dynamite.
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I believe the lasting revolution comes from deep changes in ourselves which influence our collective life.
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You cannot save people, you can only love them.
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You fall in love with people’s minds.
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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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The secret of life was Breath. That was what I always wanted my words to do, to Breathe.
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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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The enemy of a love is never outside, it’s not a man or woman, it’s what we lack in ourselves.
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Violence is a symptom of impotence.
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I hate men who are afraid of women’s strength.
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I love your silences, they are like mine.
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Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.
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I adore the struggle you carry in yourself. I adore your terrifying sincerity.
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