Quote by Anaïs Nin
Is devotion to others a cover for the hungers and the needs of the

Is devotion to others a cover for the hungers and the needs of the self, of which one is ashamed? I was always ashamed to take. So I gave. It was not virtue. It was a disguise. – Anaïs Nin

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I was thinking of my patients, and how the worst moment for them was when they discovered they were masters of their own fate. It was not a matter of bad or good luck. When they could no longer blame fate, they were in despair. – Anaïs Nin

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Please be patient. God has not finished with me yet. – Author Unknown

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From the satisfaction of desire there may arise, accompanying joy and as it were sheltering behind it, something not unlike despair. – André Gide, The Counterfeiters, 1925

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