We see things the way we are, not the way they are. Anais Nin More Quotes by Anais Nin More Quotes From Anais Nin If all of us acted in unison as I act individually there would be no wars and no poverty. I have made myself personally responsible for the fate of every human being who has come my way. Anais Nin fateteamworkwar All unlived emotions turn to inanity. Anais Nin turnsemotion Write. Write until it stops hurting. Anais Nin hurtwriting A trite word is an overused word which has lost its identity like an old coat in a second-hand shop. The familiar grows dull and we no longer see, hear, or taste it. Anais Nin coatsidentityhands The poet is one who is able to keep the fresh vision of the child alive. Anais Nin abuselifechildren The final lesson a writer learns is that everything can nourish the writer. Anais Nin finalslessons I have so strong a sense of creation, of tomorrow, that I cannot get drunk, knowing I will be less alive, less well, less creative the next day. Anais Nin next-daystrongknowing Also, I do not like the companionship of women. They are petty and personal. They hang on to their mysteries and secrets, they act and pretend. I like the character of men better. Anais Nin secretcharactermen We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage "People living deeply have no fear of death. Anais Nin inspirational-lifeno-fearpeople Sometimes I think of Paris not as a city but as a home. Anais Nin citieshomethinking I cheat him, I deceive him, yet the world does not sink in sulphur-colored mists. Madness conquers. I can no longer put my mosaics together. I just cry and laugh. Anais Nin togetherdoelaughing Then at certain moments I remember one of his words and I suddenly feel the sensual woman flaring up, as if violently caressed. I say the word to myself, with joy. It is at such a moment that my true body lives. Anais Nin bodysensualjoy In the world of the dreamer there was solitude: all the exaltations and joys came in the moment of preparation for living. They took place in solitude. Anais Nin dreamersolitudejoy Coming near him like a ballet dancer she took a leap towards him, and he, frightened by her vehemence, and fearing that she would crash against him, instinctively became absolutely rigid, and she felt herself embracing a statue. Anais Nin vehemencedancerballet Is devotion to others a cover for the hungers and the needs of the self, of which one is ashamed? I was always ashamed to take. So I gave. It was not virtue. It was a disguise. Anais Nin hungerselfneeds Convalescence. Such an utter weakness that you lie like an animal hibernating, playing possum. You float. You are adrift. Every current is stronger than you. Anais Nin strongeranimallying I do not want to be the leader. I refuse to be the leader. I want to live darkly. Anais Nin submissionleaderwant Our love lives because I live. Anais Nin our-lovelove-life The way to recognize a dead word is that it exudes boredom. Anais Nin boredomway It amazes me that you feel that each time you write a story you give away one of your dreams and you feel the poorer for it. But then you have not thought that this dream is planted in others, others begin to live it too, it is shared, it is the beginning of friendship and love. How is this world made which you enjoy, the friends around me that you love? They came because I first gave away my stories. Anais Nin dreamwritinggiving
