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Quote by Anais Nin

“Create a world, your world. Alone. Stand alone. And then love will come to you, then it comes to you.”

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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

“I am apparently gentle, unstable, and full of pretenses. I will die a poet killed by the nonpoets, will renounce no dream, resign myself to no ugliness, accept nothing of the world but the one I made myself. I wrote, lived, loved like Don Quixote, and on the day of my death I will say: ‘Excuse me, it was all a dream,’ and by that time I may have found one who will say: ‘Not at all, it was true, absolutely true.’”

World May Made Dream Dies Found Accepting Poet Excuse Gentle Ugliness Pretense Unstable Renounce Excuse Me

Author:Anais Nin

“The ivory tower of the artist may be the only stronghold left for human values, cultural treasures, man’s cult of beauty.”

Men Humans May Artist Values Left Treasure Towers Cult Ivory Human Values Strongholds Ivory Tower

Author:Anais Nin

“Eroticism is one of the basic means of self-knowledge, as indispensable as poetry.”

Mean Self Self Knowledge Indispensable

Author:Anais Nin

“Your body is a jewel box.....the jewel is your soul”

Soul Body Boxes Your Body Your Soul Jewels

Author:Kay Boyle