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Anais Nin Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

He had a mania for washing and disinfecting himself.... For him the only danger came from the microbes that attacked the body. He had not studied the microbe of conscience which eats into the soul Picture Quote #1

I know no joy as great as a moment of rushing into a new love, no ecstasy like that of a new love Picture Quote #1

I am so thirsty for the marvelous that only the marvelous has power over me. Anything I can not transform into something marvelous, I let go Picture Quote #1

You don’t find love, it finds you. It’s got a little bit to do with destiny, fate, and what’s written in the stars Picture Quote #1

I will not be just a tourist in the world of images, just watching images passing by which I cannot live in, make love to, possess as permanent sources of joy and ecstasy Picture Quote #1

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If all of us acted in unison as I act individually there would be no wars and no poverty. I have made myself personally responsible for the fate of every human being who has come my way Picture Quote #1

It’s all right for a woman to be, above all, human. I am a woman first of all Picture Quote #1

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery Picture Quote #1

There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them acquire it fragment by fragment, on a small scale, by successive developments, cellularly, like a laborious mosaic Picture Quote #1

There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we each give to our life, an individual meaning, an individual plot, like an individual novel, a book for each person Picture Quote #1

Truth is something which can’t be told in a few words. Those who simplify the universe only reduce the expansion of its meaning Picture Quote #1

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Human beings can reach such desperate solitude that they may cross a boundary beyond which words cannot serve, and at such moments there is nothing left for them but to bark Picture Quote #1

Life is so fluid that one can only hope to capture the living moment, to capture it alive and fresh... without destroying that moment Picture Quote #1

$The truly faithless one is the one who makes love to only a fraction of you. And denies the rest Picture Quote #1$

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 Picture Quote #1

My life is slowed up by thought and the need to understand what I am living Picture Quote #1

We don’t have a language for the senses. Feelings are images, sensations are like musical sounds Picture Quote #1

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To withhold from living is to die... the more you give of yourself to life the more life nourishes you Picture Quote #1

All those who try to unveil the mysteries always have tragic lives. At the end they are always punished Picture Quote #1

The violence and obscenity are left unadulterated, as manifestation of the mystery and pain which ever accompanies the act of creation Picture Quote #1

Our psychological reality, which lies below the surface, frightens us because it endlessly surprises us and drives us in a direction which society’s rules and organizations define as wrong or dangerous Picture Quote #1

If one’s conscious life is too rigid, too regimented, then the surface may crack at times, and we are unprepared for the strange emotions or sensations we experience Picture Quote #1

I cannot concentrate all my friendship on any single one of my friends because no one is complete enough in himself Picture Quote #1

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The leaf fall of his words, the stained glass hues of his moods, the rust in his voice, the smoke in his mouth, his breath on my vision like human breath blinding a mirror Picture Quote #1

I believe one writes because one has to create a world in which one can live Picture Quote #1

There are two ways to reach me: by way of kisses or by way of the imagination. But there is a hierarchy: the kisses alone don’t work Picture Quote #1

Physical experiences, lacking the joys of love, depend on twists and perversions of pleasure. Abnormal pleasures kill the taste for normal ones Picture Quote #1

I had been struck by the analogy between neurosis and romanticism. Romanticism was truly a parallel to neurosis. It demanded of reality an illusory world, love, an absolute which it could never obtain, and thus destroyed itself by the dream Picture Quote #1

I am aware of being in a beautiful prison, from which I can only escape by writing Picture Quote #1

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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 (Anais Nin Quotes) He had a mania for washing and disinfecting himself.... For him the only danger came from the microbes that attacked the body. He had not studied the microbe of conscience which eats into the soul (Anais Nin Quotes) I know no joy as great as a moment of rushing into a new love, no ecstasy like that of a new love (Anais Nin Quotes) I am so thirsty for the marvelous that only the marvelous has power over me. Anything I can not transform into something marvelous, I let go (Anais Nin Quotes) You don’t find love, it finds you. It’s got a little bit to do with destiny, fate, and what’s written in the stars (Anais Nin Quotes) I will not be just a tourist in the world of images, just watching images passing by which I cannot live in, make love to, possess as permanent sources of joy and ecstasy (Anais Nin Quotes) If all of us acted in unison as I act individually there would be no wars and no poverty. I have made myself personally responsible for the fate of every human being who has come my way (Anais Nin Quotes) It’s all right for a woman to be, above all, human. I am a woman first of all (Anais Nin Quotes) The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery (Anais Nin Quotes) There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them acquire it fragment by fragment, on a small scale, by successive developments, cellularly, like a laborious mosaic (Anais Nin Quotes) There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we each give to our life, an individual meaning, an individual plot, like an individual novel, a book for each person (Anais Nin Quotes) Truth is something which can’t be told in a few words. Those who simplify the universe only reduce the expansion of its meaning (Anais Nin Quotes) Human beings can reach such desperate solitude that they may cross a boundary beyond which words cannot serve, and at such moments there is nothing left for them but to bark (Anais Nin Quotes) Life is so fluid that one can only hope to capture the living moment, to capture it alive and fresh... without destroying that moment (Anais Nin Quotes) The truly faithless one is the one who makes love to only a fraction of you. And denies the rest (Anais Nin Quotes) 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 (Anais Nin Quotes) My life is slowed up by thought and the need to understand what I am living (Anais Nin Quotes) We don’t have a language for the senses. Feelings are images, sensations are like musical sounds (Anais Nin Quotes) To withhold from living is to die... the more you give of yourself to life the more life nourishes you (Anais Nin Quotes) All those who try to unveil the mysteries always have tragic lives. At the end they are always punished (Anais Nin Quotes) The violence and obscenity are left unadulterated, as manifestation of the mystery and pain which ever accompanies the act of creation (Anais Nin Quotes) Our psychological reality, which lies below the surface, frightens us because it endlessly surprises us and drives us in a direction which society’s rules and organizations define as wrong or dangerous (Anais Nin Quotes) If one’s conscious life is too rigid, too regimented, then the surface may crack at times, and we are unprepared for the strange emotions or sensations we experience (Anais Nin Quotes) I cannot concentrate all my friendship on any single one of my friends because no one is complete enough in himself (Anais Nin Quotes) The leaf fall of his words, the stained glass hues of his moods, the rust in his voice, the smoke in his mouth, his breath on my vision like human breath blinding a mirror (Anais Nin Quotes) I believe one writes because one has to create a world in which one can live (Anais Nin Quotes) There are two ways to reach me: by way of kisses or by way of the imagination. But there is a hierarchy: the kisses alone don’t work (Anais Nin Quotes) Physical experiences, lacking the joys of love, depend on twists and perversions of pleasure. Abnormal pleasures kill the taste for normal ones (Anais Nin Quotes) I had been struck by the analogy between neurosis and romanticism. Romanticism was truly a parallel to neurosis. It demanded of reality an illusory world, love, an absolute which it could never obtain, and thus destroyed itself by the dream (Anais Nin Quotes) I am aware of being in a beautiful prison, from which I can only escape by writing (Anais Nin Quotes)

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