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Nin Anais

1903 - 1977 (74)

Nin Anais
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Quote 1

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

Quote 2

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.

Quote 3

Life shrinks or expands according to one's courage.

Quote 4

You cannot save people, you can only love them.

Quote 5

I seek the real stuff of life. Profound drama.

Quote 6

Love is the axis and breath of my life.

Quote 7

Experience teaches acceptance of the imperfect as life.

Quote 8

All those who try to unveil the mysteries always have tragic lives. At the end they are always punished.