The secret of life was Breath. That was what I always wanted my words to do, to Breathe.
ANAIS NINThe 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.
More Anais Nin Quotes
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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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Willingness to explore everything is a sign of strength. The weak ones have prejudices. Prejudices are a protection.
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People living deeply have no fear of death.
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I take pleasure in my transformations. I look quiet and consistent, but few know how many women there are in me.
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Write. Write until it stops hurting.
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Dreams are necessary to life.
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If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don’t write, because our culture has no use for it.
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You can either give negativity power over your life or you can choose happiness instead.
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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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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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She lacks confidence, she craves admiration insatiably. She lives on the reflections of herself in the eyes of others. She does not dare to be herself.
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Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.
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It is a sign of great inner insecurity to be hostile to the unfamiliar.
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Nature forms us for ourselves, not for others; to be, not to seem.
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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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