Instead of answering her as soon as he saw her hair grow electric, her face more vivid, her eyes like lightning, her body restless and jerky like a racehorse’s, he retired behind this wall of objective understanding, this gentle testing and acceptance of her, just as one watches an animal in the zoo and smiles at his antics, but is not drawn into this mood. It was this which left Lilith in a state of isolation - indeed, like a wild animal in an absolute desert.
I find that life, day by day, is composed of at least one joy, one problem and one sorrow. Then there are the smaller ingredients: you always learn s… - Anais Nin
I find that life, day by day, is composed of at least one joy, one problem and one sorrow. Then there are the smaller ingredients: you always learn s…
- Anais Nin
My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to find peace with exactly who and what I am. To take pride in my thoughts, my appearance, my talents, m… - Anais Nin
My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to find peace with exactly who and what I am. To take pride in my thoughts, my appearance, my talents, m…
Through love, through friendship, a heart lives more than one life. - Anais Nin
Through love, through friendship, a heart lives more than one life.
We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are. - Anais Nin
We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. - Anais Nin
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
Don't let one cloud obliterate the whole sky. - Anais Nin
Don't let one cloud obliterate the whole sky.
The secret of joy is the mastery of pain. - Anais Nin
The secret of joy is the mastery of pain.
The personal, if it is deep enough, becomes universal, mythical, symbolic. - Anais Nin
The personal, if it is deep enough, becomes universal, mythical, symbolic.
It takes courage to push yourself to places you have never been before... to test your limits... to break through barriers. And the day came when the… - Anais Nin
It takes courage to push yourself to places you have never been before... to test your limits... to break through barriers. And the day came when the…
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