It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.

Quote by Anais Nin

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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...

There are only two kinds of freedom in the world; the freedom of the rich...

There are only two kinds of freedom in the world; the freedom of the rich...

Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and...

Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and...

He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie.

He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie.

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...

I know why families were created with all their imperfections. They humanize you. They are...

I know why families were created with all their imperfections. They humanize you. They are...

Living never wore one out so much as the effort not to live.

Living never wore one out so much as the effort not to live.

We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.

We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.

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

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

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...

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.

If what Proust says is true, that happiness is the absence of fever, then I...

If what Proust says is true, that happiness is the absence of fever, then I...

I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of making plans, of criticizing,...

I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of making plans, of criticizing,...

There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we...

There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we...

Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it...

Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it...

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.

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...

Just because I finally got over you doesn't mean there aren't days when it all...

Just because I finally got over you doesn't mean there aren't days when it all...

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

The fact that my ex became very unattractive after our breakup aided in the process...

The fact that my ex became very unattractive after our breakup aided in the process...