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“Sometimes we reveal ourselves when we are least like ourselves.”

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Anais Nin, born on February 21, 1903, in Madrid, Spain, and died on January 14, 1977, in Los Angeles, United States, was a renowned American author. Known for her unique introspective writing and dreamlike narrative style, her works include 'Henry Miller's Desires'. more

“Beautiful things grow to a certain height and then they fail and fade off, breathing out memories as they decay. And just as any period decays in our minds, the things of that period should decay too, and in that way they're preserved for a while in the few hearts like mine that react to them. Trying to preserve a century by keeping its relics up to date is like keeping a dying man alive by stimulants.”

Source: The Echoes of the Jazz Age Collection: The Beautiful and Damned, Winter Dreams, The Great Gatsby, Babylon Revisited, The Diamond as Big as the Ritz and many more

“Very few of the people who accentuate the futility of life remark the futility of themselves. Perhaps they think that in proclaiming the evil of living they somehow salvage their own worth from the ruin - but they don't, even you and I.”

People Thinking Evil Ruins Remarks Futility Proclaiming Accentuate Salvage Futility Of Life

Book:The Beautiful and Damned: American Literature

Source: The Beautiful and Damned: American Literature

“I should like to bury something precious in every place where I've been happy and then, when I'm old and ugly and miserable, I could come back and dig it up and remember.”

Should Remember Ugly Miserable Brideshead Revisited

Author:Evelyn Waugh

“our longing is our pledge, and blessed are the homesick, for they shall come home.”

Home Blessed Longing Coming Home Pledge Homesick

Book:Anecdotes of Destiny and Ehrengard

Source: Anecdotes of Destiny and Ehrengard

“She had lived her early years as though she were waiting for something she might, but never did, become.”

Years Might Waiting Waiting For Something

Book:The Ravishing of Lol Stein

Source: The Ravishing of Lol Stein

“she was richer in those dreams than in realities; for things seen pass away, but the things that are unseen are eternal.”

Dream Reality Eternal Unseen Passing Away

Book:The Complete Novels of Lucy Maud Montgomery - 20 Titles in One Volume: Including Anne of Green Gables Series, Emily Starr Trilogy, The Blue Castle, The Story Girl & Pat of Silver Bush Series: Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne of Ingleside, Anne's House of Dreams, Rainbow Valley, Emily of New Moon, The Golden Road, Magic for Marigold, A Tangled Web, Jane of Lantern Hill & many more

Source: The Complete Novels of Lucy Maud Montgomery - 20 Titles in One Volume: Including Anne of Green Gables Series, Emily Starr Trilogy, The Blue Castle, The Story Girl & Pat of Silver Bush Series: Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne of Ingleside, Anne's House of Dreams, Rainbow Valley, Emily of New Moon, The Golden Road, Magic for Marigold, A Tangled Web, Jane of Lantern Hill & many more

“always either on a peak of happiness or drowning in black waters of despair they loved or they loathed, they lived in a world of superlatives”

World Black Water Despair Drowning Superlatives

Book:The Pursuit of Love

Source: The Pursuit of Love

“We have a name for your disease. We call it a hyper-aesthetic one. You have been encouraged to over-indulge yourself in literature; and have inflamed your organs of fancy.”

Has Beens Literature Names Disease Fancy Aesthetic Organs Indulge Hyper Indulge Yourself

Book:Fingersmith

Source: Fingersmith

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