Anais nin sayings
Anaïs Nin was a prolific writer known for her diaries, novels, and essays. Here are some quotes attributed to her:
1. "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are."
2. "And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."
3. "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."
4. "I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman."
5. "You live out the confusions until they become clear."
6. "I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living."
7. "We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another."
8. "The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery."
9. "The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say."
10. "I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman."
These quotes reflect Nin's introspective and poetic approach to life and relationships.
Above is Anais nin sayings.