Quote by Anais Nin
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more p

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. – Anais Nin

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A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked. – Anais Nin

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Morning
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I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to a pattern. – Anais Nin

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dad
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Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They must be woven together. – Anais Nin

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Other Quotes from
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Custom is second nature. – Augustine of Hippo

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Nature

Truly it may be said that the outside of a mountain is good for the inside of a man. – George Wherry, Alpine Notes and the Climbing Foot, 1896

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Nature

Natural science, does not simply describe and explain nature it is part of the interplay between nature and ourselves. – Werner Heisenberg

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Nature

The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was conceivable that the sun had been set afire merely to ripen mens apples and head their cabbages. – Cyrano de Bergerac

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Nature

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Keeping up with the Joneses was a full-time job with my mother and father. It was not until many years later when I lived alone that I realized how much cheaper it was to drag the Joneses down to my level. – Quentin Crisp

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I will remember always that marriage, like life, is a journey – not a destination – and that its treasures are found not just at the end but all along the way. – Anon.

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