I don’t wish power, only art -art and passion.
ANAIS NINAnxiety 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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I’m restless. Things are calling me away. My hair is being pulled by the stars again.
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Passion gives me moments of wholeness.
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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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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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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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The secret of life was Breath. That was what I always wanted my words to do, to Breathe.
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In chaos, there is fertility.
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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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I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing.
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We are cruel when someone refuses to play the role in which we have cast him. We judge a person only according to his relationship towards us.
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Life is a full circle, widening until it joins the circle motions of the infinite.
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It was while helping others to be free that I gained my own freedom.
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How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.
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People living deeply have no fear of death.
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Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.
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