I believe the lasting revolution comes from deep changes in ourselves which influence our collective life.
ANAIS NINCompassion for our parents is the true sign of maturity.
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Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.
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We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.
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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.
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Pain is something to master, not to wallow in.
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I am a winged creature who is too rarely allowed to use its wings. Ecstasies do not occur often enough.
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I hate men who are afraid of women’s strength.
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If I love you it means we share the same fantasies, the same madnesses.
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No one should be forced to carry the unfulfilled self of another.
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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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Man can never know the loneliness a woman knows.
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Life is a full circle, widening until it joins the circle motions of the infinite.
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Those who cannot live fully often become destroyers of life.
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We are never trapped unless we choose to be.
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Anything I can not transform into something marvelous, I let go.
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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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