Tranquillity is contagious, peace is contagious. One only thinks of the contagiousness of illness, but there is the contagion of serenity and joy.
ANAIS NINOne handles truths like dynamite.
More Anais Nin Quotes
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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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People living deeply have no fear of death.
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Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.
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Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.
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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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The secret of life was Breath. That was what I always wanted my words to do, to Breathe.
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Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it.
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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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Dreams are necessary to life.
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Don’t let one cloud obliterate the whole sky.
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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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I will not adjust myself to the world. I am adjusted to myself.
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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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When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others.
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I adore the struggle you carry in yourself. I adore your terrifying sincerity.
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