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Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.
Living never wore one so much as the effort not to live.
I do not like the companionship of women. They are petty and personal. They hang on to their mysteries and secrets, they act and pretend. I like the character of men better.
Delta of Venus
If I love you it means we share the same fantasies, the same madnesses.
The Diary of Ana�s Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
I am aware of being in a beautiful prison, from which I can only escape by writing.
The Diary of Ana�s Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
It takes courage to push yourself to places you have never been before... to test yout limits... to break through barriers. And the day came when the risk it took to stay tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossum.
I know why familles were created, with all their imperfections. They humanize you. They are made to make you forget yourself occasionally, so that the beautiful balance of life is not destroyed.
Writers do not live one life, they live two. There is the living and then there is the writing. There is the second tasting, the delayed reaction.
It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.
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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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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