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The Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1944–1947
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I was always ashamed to take. So I gave. It was not a virtue. It was a disguise.
Anaïs Nin, The Diary Of Anais Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
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Anaïs Nin, in a letter to Henry Miller, d. March 9, 1932, from A Literate Passion: Letters of Anaïs Nin & Henry Miller, 1932-1953
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From The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 5: 1947-1955
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I feel very small. I don't understand. I have so much courage, fire, energy, for many things, yet I get so hurt, so wounded by small things.
Anaïs Nin, Nearer the Moon: The Previously Unpublished Unexpurgated Diary, 1937-1939
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You don't find love, it finds you. It's got a little bit to do with destiny, fate, and what's written in the stars.
Anaïs Nin
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Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
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Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds.
Anaïs Nin
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anaïs nin, the early diary of anaïs nin, 1923-1927
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The Early Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1920–1923
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— Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anais Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947
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Anaïs Nin, in a letter to Henry Miller, d. March 26, 1932, from A Literate Passion: Letters of Anaïs Nin & Henry Miller, 1932-1953
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I had a sense of preparation for a love to come. Like the extension of canopies, the unrolling of ceremonial carpets, as if I must first create a marvelous world in which to house it, in which to receive adequately this guest of honor.
The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Volume One 1931-1934, Anaïs Nin
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“You cannot save people. You can only love them.”
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When others asked the truth of me, I was convinced it was not the truth they wanted, but an illusion they could bear to live with.
Anaïs Nin
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