Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.

Quote by Anais Nin

Topics: Life Quotes

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

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

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...

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...

Good things happen to those who hustle.

Good things happen to those who hustle.

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.

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...

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...

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.

How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world...

How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world...

A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays...

A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays...

I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing.

I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing.

I will not be just a tourist in the world of images, just watching images...

I will not be just a tourist in the world of images, just watching images...

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...

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...

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,...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through...

Like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through...