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 by Anais Nin

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When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons....

When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons....

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...

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...

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.

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing,...

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing,...

I disregard the proportions, the measures, the tempo of the ordinary world. I refuse to...

I disregard the proportions, the measures, the tempo of the ordinary world. I refuse to...

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...

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,...

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.

Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the...

Truth is something which can't be told in a few words. Those who simplify the...

If happiness is the absence of fever then I will never know happiness. For I...

If happiness is the absence of fever then I will never know happiness. For I...

What I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship?

What I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship?

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...

People living deeply have no fear of death.

People living deeply have no fear of death.

If all of us acted in unison as I act individually there would be no...

If all of us acted in unison as I act individually there would be no...

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...

To change skins, evolve into new cycles, I feel one has to learn to discard....

To change skins, evolve into new cycles, I feel one has to learn to discard....

I am an excitable person who only understands life lyrically, musically, in whom feelings are...

I am an excitable person who only understands life lyrically, musically, in whom feelings are...

If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree.

If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree.

As from a large heap of flowers many garlands and wreaths are made, so by...

As from a large heap of flowers many garlands and wreaths are made, so by...