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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 despise my own hypersensitiveness, which requires so much reassurance. It is certainly abnormal to crave so much to be loved and understood.
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I don’t really want to become normal, average, standard. I want merely to gain in strength, in the courage to live out my life more fully, enjoy more, experience more. I want to develop even more original and more unconventional traits
From The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
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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.
From HENRY AND JUNE
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When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons.
From The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
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The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison, was the miracle.
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People living deeply have no fear of death.
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Do not seek the because - in love there is no because, no reason, no explanation, no solutions.
From HENRY AND JUNE
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I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing.
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We do not escape into philosophy, psychology, and art--we go there to restore our shattered selves into whole ones.
From In Favor of the Sensitive Man and Other Essays
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life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity, & stumble from defeat to defeat.
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The truly faithless one is the one who makes love to only a fraction of you. And denies the rest.
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For too many centuries women have been being muses to artists. I wanted to be the muse, I wanted to be the wife of the artist, but I was really trying to avoid the final issue — that I had to do the job myself.
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We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.
From The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 7: 1966-1974
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I disregard the proportions, the measures, the tempo of the ordinary world. I refuse to live in the ordinary world as ordinary women. To enter ordinary relationships. I want ecstasy. I am a neurotic — in the sense that I live in my world. I will not adjust myself to the world. I am adjusted to myself.
From The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
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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 despise my own hypersensitiveness, which requires so much reassurance. It is certainly abnormal to crave so much to be loved and understood.
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I don’t really want to become normal, average, standard. I want merely to gain in strength, in the courage to live out my life more fully, enjoy more, experience more. I want to develop even more original and more unconventional traits
From The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
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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.
From HENRY AND JUNE
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When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons.
From The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
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The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison, was the miracle.
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People living deeply have no fear of death.
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Do not seek the because - in love there is no because, no reason, no explanation, no solutions.
From HENRY AND JUNE
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I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing.
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We do not escape into philosophy, psychology, and art--we go there to restore our shattered selves into whole ones.
From In Favor of the Sensitive Man and Other Essays
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life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity, & stumble from defeat to defeat.
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The truly faithless one is the one who makes love to only a fraction of you. And denies the rest.
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For too many centuries women have been being muses to artists. I wanted to be the muse, I wanted to be the wife of the artist, but I was really trying to avoid the final issue — that I had to do the job myself.
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We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.
From The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 7: 1966-1974
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I disregard the proportions, the measures, the tempo of the ordinary world. I refuse to live in the ordinary world as ordinary women. To enter ordinary relationships. I want ecstasy. I am a neurotic — in the sense that I live in my world. I will not adjust myself to the world. I am adjusted to myself.
From The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
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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 despise my own hypersensitiveness, which requires so much reassurance. It is certainly abnormal to crave so much to be loved and understood.
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I don’t really want to become normal, average, standard. I want merely to gain in strength, in the courage to live out my life more fully, enjoy more, experience more. I want to develop even more original and more unconventional traits
From The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
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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.
From HENRY AND JUNE
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When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons.
From The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
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The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison, was the miracle.
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People living deeply have no fear of death.
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Do not seek the because - in love there is no because, no reason, no explanation, no solutions.
From HENRY AND JUNE
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I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing.
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We do not escape into philosophy, psychology, and art--we go there to restore our shattered selves into whole ones.
From In Favor of the Sensitive Man and Other Essays
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life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity, & stumble from defeat to defeat.
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The truly faithless one is the one who makes love to only a fraction of you. And denies the rest.
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For too many centuries women have been being muses to artists. I wanted to be the muse, I wanted to be the wife of the artist, but I was really trying to avoid the final issue — that I had to do the job myself.
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We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.
From The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 7: 1966-1974
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I disregard the proportions, the measures, the tempo of the ordinary world. I refuse to live in the ordinary world as ordinary women. To enter ordinary relationships. I want ecstasy. I am a neurotic — in the sense that I live in my world. I will not adjust myself to the world. I am adjusted to myself.
From The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
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