We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.
ANAIS NINLove men and women not for their strength but their softness, not for their fullness but their hunger, not for their plenty but their need.
More Anais Nin Quotes
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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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We don’t have a language for the senses. Feelings are images, sensations are like musical sounds.
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Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.
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In chaos, there is fertility.
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The only transformer and alchemist that turns everything into gold is love. The only magic against death, aging, ordinary life, is love.
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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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Anxiety is love’s greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic.
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When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow.
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Pain is something to master, not to wallow in.
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You have a right to experiment with your life. You will make mistakes. And they are right too.
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I am lonely, yet not everybody will do. I don’t know why, some people fill the gaps and others emphasize my loneliness. In reality those who satisfy me are those who simply allow me to live with my ”idea of them.
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I hate men who are afraid of women’s strength.
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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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Whenever you do something that is not aligned with the yearning or your soul – you create suffering.
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Willingness to explore everything is a sign of strength. The weak ones have prejudices. Prejudices are a protection.
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