Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat. – Anais Nin
The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery. – Anais Nin
If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then dont write, because our culture has no use for it. – Anais Nin
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 naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman. – Anais Nin