Anais Nin
Anais Nin
Anaïs Ninwas an essayist and memoirist born to Cuban parents in France, where she was also raised. She spent some time in Spain and Cuba but lived most of her life in the United States where she became an established author. She wrote journals, novels, critical studies, essays, short stories, and erotica. A great deal of her work, including Delta of Venus and Little Birds, was published posthumously...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth21 February 1903
CityNanterre, France
CountryUnited States of America
The one who travels like a lover searching for a new passion is suddenly blessed with new eyes, new ears, new senses.
In every relationship, sooner or later, there is a court scene. Accusations, counter-accusations, a trial, a verdict.
Introspection is a devouring monster.
Death from disillusion is not instantaneous, and there are no mercy killers for the disillusioned.
The way to recognize a dead word is that it exudes boredom.
The suppression of inner patterns in favor of patterns created by society is dangerous to us.
Everything but happiness is neurosis.
Hollywood is a mirage factory ...
Nowhere is inhumanity more revealed than in hospitals.
Stations and airports are rehearsals for separations by death.
He was now in that state of fire that she loved. She wanted to be burnt.
Since desire always goes towards that which is our direct opposite, it forces us to love that which will make us suffer.
Idealism is the death of the body and the imagination. All but freedom, utter freedom, is death
It takes courage to push yourself to places you have never been before... to test yout 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 blossum.