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

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About Anaïs Nin

Portrait of Anaïs Nin

Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell ( AN-eye-EESS NEEN; French: [ana.is nin]; 21 February 1903 – 14 January 1977) was a French-born American diarist, essayist, novelist, and writer of short stories and erotica. Born to Cuban parents in France, Nin was the daughter of the composer Joaquín...

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When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others.

Dreams are necessary to life.

Do not seek the because—in love there is no because, no reason, no explanation, no solutions.

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We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers, cells, constellations.

The only abnormality is the incapacity to love.

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A person who says, "I'm enlightened," probably isn't.

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To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.

—George Orwell

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It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young.

—Konrad Lorenz

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