I walked into my own book, seeking peace. It was night, and I made a careless movement inside the dream; I turned too brusquely the corner and I bruised myself against my madness.
ANAIS NINReality doesn’t impress me. I only believe in intoxication, in ecstasy, and when ordinary life shackles me, I escape, one way or another. No more walls.
More Anais Nin Quotes
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I believe the lasting revolution comes from deep changes in ourselves which influence our collective life.
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Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.
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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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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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It is in the movements of emotional crisis that human beings reveal themselves most accurately.
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I don’t wish power, only art -art and passion.
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Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.
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Don’t let one cloud obliterate the whole sky.
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Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.
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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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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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It was while helping others to be free that I gained my own freedom.
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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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Compassion for our parents is the true sign of maturity.
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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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