The shell is America's most active contribution to the formation of character. A tough hide. Grow it early. Anais Nin More Quotes by Anais Nin More Quotes From Anais Nin myself ... is merely an instrument to connect life and a myth Anais Nin mythinstruments Human beings can reach such desperate solitude that they may cross a boundary beyond which words cannot serve, and at such moments there is nothing left for them but to bark. Anais Nin solitudemomentsmay We are like sculptors, constantly carving out of others the image we long for, need, love or desire, often against reality, against their benefit, and always, in the end, a disappointment, because it does not fit them. Anais Nin honestydisappointmentinspirational The earth is heavy and opaque without dreams. Anais Nin opaqueearthdream Expressing feelings is linked directly with creation... In this ability to tap the sources of feeling and imagination lies the secret of abundance. Anais Nin imaginationfeelingslying Eroticism is one of the basic means of self-knowledge, as indispensable as poetry. Anais Nin self-knowledgeselfmean I am a winged creature who is too rarely allowed to use its wings. Ecstasies do not occur often enough. Anais Nin useenoughwings Life is a full circle, widening until it joins the circle motions of the infinite. Anais Nin full-circlecircleslife-is It is in the movements of emotional crisis that human beings reveal themselves most accurately. Anais Nin movementemotionalwriting The only transformer and alchemist that turns everything into gold is love. The only magic against death, aging, ordinary life, is love. Anais Nin alchemistmagicgold I take pleasure in my transformations. I look quiet and consistent, but few know how many women there are in me. Anais Nin transformationquietlooks Reality doesn’t impress me. I only believe in intoxication, in ecstasy, and when ordinary life shackles me. I escape, one way or another. No more walls. Anais Nin wallfreedomlife I hate men who are afraid of women's strength. Anais Nin independenthateheart When you possess light within, you see it externally. Anais Nin within-youlightbeauty "We see the world as 'we' are, not as 'it' is; because it is the "I" behind the 'eye' that does the seeing." Anais Nin self-improvementeyedoe The bed must be a beautiful place, not only because you make love there but because you dream there as well. Anais Nin making-lovedreambeautiful The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery. Anais Nin life-lessonspiritualknowledge When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others. Anais Nin being-yourselftoleranceworld 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. Anais Nin love-yourselfeyeself-esteem I don't tell the truth any more to those who can't make use of it. I tell it mostly to myself, because it always changes me. Anais Nin telling-the-truthtruthuse
