“In Peru," said Gonzalo, "they cure madness by placing the madman next to a flowing river. The water flows, he throws stones into it, his feelings begin to flow again, and he is cured.” FeelingsHealingMadnessInsanitySanityRiver Book:The Diary of Anaïs Nin Volume 2 1934-1939 Source: The Diary of Anaïs Nin Volume 2 1934-1939
“The origin of illness may be in the past, but the virulent crisis must be dynamically tackled. I believe in attacking the core of the illness, through its present symptoms, quickly, directly. The past is a labyrinth. One does not have to step into it and move step by step through every turn and twist. The past reveals itself instantly, in today’s fever or abscess of the soul.” MadnessIllnessNeurosisPast And Present Book:The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934 Source: The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
“June, you have killed my sincerity too. I will never again know who I am, what I am, what I love, what I want. Your beauty has drowned me, the core of me. You carry away with you a part of me reflected in you. When your beauty struck me, it dissolved me. Deep down, I am not different from you. I dreamed you, I wished for your existence. You are the woman I want to be. I see in you that part of me which is you. I feel compassion for your childish pride, for your trembling unsureness, your dramatization of events, your enhancing of the loves given to you. I surrender my sincerity because if I love you it means we share the same fantasies, the same madness.” LoveLoversMadnessSincerityLesbianLesbian Lgbt Book:The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934 Source: The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934