The shell is America's most active contribution to the formation of character. A tough hide. Grow it early.
Anais NinThe dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle.
Anais NinCreate a world, your world. Alone. Stand alone. And then love will come to you, then it comes to you.
Anais NinInnocence was gone from all our acts. Our habitual state of rebellion became a serious political crime.
Anais NinThat is my essential reason for writing, not for fame, not to be celebrated after death, but to heighten and create life all around me. I also write because when I am writing I reach the high moment of fusion sought by the mystics, the poets, the lovers, a sense of communion with the universe.
Anais Nin