How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.

Quote by Anais Nin

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The artist is the only one who knows that the world is a subjective creation,...

The artist is the only one who knows that the world is a subjective creation,...

I do not want to be the leader. I refuse to be the leader. I...

I do not want to be the leader. I refuse to be the leader. I...

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more...

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more...

People living deeply have no fear of death.

People living deeply have no fear of death.

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection.

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection.

The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but...

The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but...

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through....

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through....

There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant...

There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant...

Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it.

Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it.

It's all right for a woman to be, above all, human. I am a woman...

It's all right for a woman to be, above all, human. I am a woman...

Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish...

Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish...

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive,...

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive,...

It is not the experience of today that drives us mad; it is remorse or...

It is not the experience of today that drives us mad; it is remorse or...

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous...

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous...

My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.

My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.

We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in...

We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in...

Last night I wept. I wept because the process by which I have become a...

Last night I wept. I wept because the process by which I have become a...

Do not seek the because - in love there is no because, no reason, no...

Do not seek the because - in love there is no because, no reason, no...

The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself.

The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself.

Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and...

Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and...