Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1, 1931-1934
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Anaïs Nin was a French-Cuban diarist, essayist, and writer known for her journals, which span over 60 years and provide an intimate account of her personal and artistic life. She is celebrated for her contributions to feminist literature and for exploring themes of love, sexuality, and identity in her work.
1903–1977·lived 73 years
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1, 1931-1934
A woman's life can really be a succession of lives, each revolving around some emotionally compelling situation or challenge, and each marked off by some intense experience.A Woman Speaks: The Lectures, Seminars and Interviews of Anaïs Nin
Love is a catastrophe. It's a crazy illness. Love ruins your life. But I am very sad when I am not in love.Fire: From A Journal of Love - The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin
You cannot save people. You can only love them.The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Volume II (1934-1939)
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.Risk, 1977
I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place.The Diary of Anaïs Nin: Vol. 1, 1931-1934
I have a deeply hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond the daily life.Moments of Being: A Collection of Autobiographical Writing
We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.Seduction of the Minotaur, 1961
That’s all 8 quotes by Anaïs Nin.