What is love but acceptance of the other, whatever he is.
ANAIS NINNature forms us for ourselves, not for others; to be, not to seem.
More Anais Nin Quotes
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We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.
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No one should be forced to carry the unfulfilled self of another.
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For you and for me the highest moment, the keenest joy, is not when our minds dominate but when we lose our minds, and you and I both lose it in the same way, through love.
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Compassion for our parents is the true sign of maturity.
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When you possess light within, you see it externally.
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Anything I can not transform into something marvelous, I let go.
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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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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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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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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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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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Life is a full circle, widening until it joins the circle motions of the infinite.
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Violence is a symptom of impotence.
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Man can never know the loneliness a woman knows.
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Had I not created my whole world, I would certainly have died in other people’s.
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