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Famous Anais Nin Quotes
“Poetry is the alchemy which teaches us to convert ordinary materials into gold.”
“The self is merely the lens through which we see others and the world.”
“Self-destructive patterns cause as much suffering as outer catastrophes.”
“Travel is seeking the lost paradise. It is the supreme illusion of love.”
“We love best those who are, or act for us, a self we do not wish to be or act out.”
“To write at the same temperature at which I live I should write nothing but poetry.”
“America hates the artist. It will not admit: the artist is my soul and I want to kill off my soul.”
“The way to recognize a dead word is that it exudes boredom.”
“Mature people relate to each other without the need to merge.”
“No one should be forced to carry the unfulfilled self of another.”
“The suppression of inner patterns in favor of patterns created by society is dangerous to us.”
“The core of creation is to summon an image and the power to work with the image.”
“the cynic is a coward. He foresees all barrenness so that barrenness can never surprise him.”
“The period without the diary remains an ordeal. Every evening I want my diary as one wants opium.”