I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.
ANAIS NINThere are many ways to be free. One of them is to transcend reality by imagination, as I try to do.
More Anais Nin Quotes
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I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.
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Love men and women not for their strength but their softness, not for their fullness but their hunger, not for their plenty but their need.
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Sometimes we reveal ourselves when we are least like ourselves.
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Write. Write until it stops hurting.
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Your eyes make me shy.
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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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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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Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.
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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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I will not adjust myself to the world. I am adjusted to myself.
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I’m restless. Things are calling me away. My hair is being pulled by the stars again.
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Had I not created my whole world, I would certainly have died in other people’s.
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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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When you possess light within, you see it externally.
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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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