Quotes by Anais Nin

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

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it.

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

"And then the day came when the pain it took to remain tight in a bud became greater than the pain it took to blossom"



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

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

The dream was always running ahead of one. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was a miracle.

"And the day came when the rise to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."

"The value of the personal relationship to all things is that it creates intimacy... and intimacy creates understanding... and understanding creates love."