Anais Nin

Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They must be woven together.

Anais Nin

People living deeply have no fear of death.

Anais Nin

Physical experiences, lacking the joys of love, depend on twists and perversions of pleasure. Abnormal pleasures kill the taste for normal ones.

Anais Nin

Poverty is the great reality. That is why the artist seeks it.

Anais Nin

Since desire always goes towards that which is our direct opposite, it forces us to love that which will make us suffer.

Anais Nin

Societies in decline have no use for visionaries.

Anais Nin

Solitude may rust your words.

Anais Nin

Sometimes I think of Paris not as a city but as a home.

Anais Nin

Sometimes we reveal ourselves when we are least like ourselves.

Anais Nin

Stories are the only enchantment possible, for when we begin to see our suffering as a story, we are saved.

Anais Nin