We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.
ANAIS NINWhat is love but acceptance of the other, whatever he is.
More Anais Nin Quotes
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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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Passion gives me moments of wholeness.
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I adore the struggle you carry in yourself. I adore your terrifying sincerity.
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We are beginning to see the influence of dream upon reality and reality upon dream.
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I believe the lasting revolution comes from deep changes in ourselves which influence our collective life.
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Nature forms us for ourselves, not for others; to be, not to seem.
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You fall in love with people’s minds.
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Do not seek the because – in love there is no because, no reason, no explanation, no solutions.
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We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.
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The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.
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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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It was while helping others to be free that I gained my own freedom.
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The value of the personal relationship to all things is that it creates intimacy and intimacy creates understanding and understanding creates love.
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Violence is a symptom of impotence.
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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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