He had a mania for washing and disinfecting himself. . . . For him the only danger came from the microbes that attacked the body. He had not studied the microbe of conscience which eats into the soul.
Anais NinSomething is always born of excess: great art was born of great terror, great loneliness, great inhibitions, instabilities, and it always balances them.
Anais NinIf you are terribly truthful, the ground will always move from under you, and you will have to shift with the constantly shifting truth.
Anais NinIf a person continues to see giants, it means he is still looking at the world through the eyes of a child.
Anais Nin