Quotes by : Anaïs Nin

He failed to see that it contained at once all of Djuna's wishes which had been denied, and these wishes....

Sex does not thrive on monotony. Without feeling, inventions, moods,no surprises in bed. Sex must be....

When you're in my arms, I know you're mine. But your feet are so swift, so swift, they carry you as lightly....

Stories are the only enchantment possible, for when we begin to see our suffering as a story, we are....

Something is always born of excess: great art was born of great terror, great loneliness, great inhibitions,....

Am I creating my own isolation? It seems to me that most of my acts are acts of integrity. So much takes....

I love you, June, and you know how acutely, how desperately. You know that no one can say or do anything....

Motherhood is a vocation like any other. It should be freely chosen, not imposed upon woman.

We do not escape into philosophy, psychology, and art--we go there to restore our shattered selves into....

Our culture made a virtue of living only as extroverts. We discouraged the inner journey, the quest for....