Quote by Anaïs Nin
There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete an

There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them acquire it fragment by fragment, on a small scale, by successive developments, cellularly, like a laborious mosaic. – Anaïs Nin

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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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Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death. – Anaïs Nin

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We continue to shape our personality all our life. If we knew ourselves perfectly, we should die. – Albert Camus

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I want to wake up every day and do whatever comes in my mind, and not feel pressure or obligations to do anything else in my life. – Michael Jordan

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My friend asked me the essence of life and I smiled. – Mike Dolan, @HawaiianLife

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There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures. – William Shakespeare

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I dont understand why people say that I am full of courage. I feel terribly nervous. – Aung San Suu Kyi

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Even if youre unhappy, just pretend that youre happy. Eventually, your smile will be contagious to yourself. I had to learn that. I used to think, Im being fake, but you know what? Better to be fake and happy than real and miserable. – Evangeline Lilly

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