When others asked the truth of me, I was convinced it was not the truth they wanted, but an illusion they could bear to live with.
Anais NinI will not be just a tourist in the world of images, just watching images passing by which I cannot live in, make love to, possess as permanent sources of joy and ecstasy.
Anais NinThe suppression of inner patterns in favor of patterns created by society is dangerous to us.
Anais NinI would like to have your sureness. I am waiting for love, the core of a woman's life." Don't wait for it," I said. "Create a world, your world. Alone. Stand alone. And then love will come to you, then it comes to you. It was only when I wrote my first book that the world I wanted to live in opened to me.
Anais Nin