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The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what w

The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say. – 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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Confidence
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Anaïs Nin
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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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Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself. – Franz Kafka

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Be obscure clearly. – E.B. White

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Every word born of an inner necessity — writing must never be anything else. – Etty Hillesum, quoted in Ten Fun Things to Do Before You Die by Karol Jackowski

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Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. – William Wordsworth

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When the designs are chosen with care, tattoos have a power and magic all their own. They decorate the body but they also enhance the soul. – Michelle Delio

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