A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked. Anais Nin accompanybirdcoffee Change image and share on social
Living never wore one out so much as the effort not to live. Anais Nin effortlivewear Change image and share on social
Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death. Anais Nin combinationdeathelect Change image and share on social
We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are. Anais Nin thing Change image and share on social
It's all right for a woman to be, above all, human. I am a woman first of all. Anais Nin humanwoman Change image and share on social
Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it. Anais Nin contacthumanprecious Change image and share on social
When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow. Anais Nin adoptautomatonblindly Change image and share on social
Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings. Anais Nin betrayalblindnessdeath share on social
How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself. Anais Nin buildcreateexpect Change image and share on social
There are many ways to be free. One of them is to transcend reality by imagination, as I try to do. Anais Nin freeimaginationreality Change image and share on social