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More Quotes by Anaïs Nin
Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.
Tranquillity is contagious, peace is contagious. One only thinks of the contagiousness of illness, but there is the contagion of serenity and joy.
We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.
It takes courage to push yourself to places you have never been before... to test your limits... to break through barriers. And the day came when the risk it took to stay tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
I want to love you wildly. I don’t want words, but inarticulate cries, meaningless, from the bottom of my most primitive being, that flow from my belly like honey. A piercing joy, that leaves me empty, conquered, silenced.
We see the world as 'we' are, not as 'it' is; because it is the "I" behind the 'eye' that does the seeing.
willingness to explore everything is a sign of strength. The weak ones have prejudices. Prejudices are a protection.
I take pleasure in my transformations. I look quiet and consistent, but few know how many women there are in me.
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.
My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to find peace with exactly who and what I am. To take pride in my thoughts, my appearance, my talents, my flaws and to stop this incessant worrying that I can’t be loved as I am.