We don't see things as they are, we see them as we ... believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.
Anais NinIn my childhood diary I wrote: “I have decided that it is better not to love anyone, because when you love people, then you have to be separated from them, and that hurts too much.
Anais NinIf one's conscious life is too rigid, too regimented, then the surface may crack at times, and we are unprepared for the strange emotions or sensations we experience.
Anais NinIt is difficult to live with the pure. They do not condemn you; they forgive you. This forgiveness is more terrible than a judgment.
Anais NinIf I fall asleep, it is because I am overloaded. I sleep because one hour with Henry contains five years of my life, and one phrase, one caress answers the expectations of a hundred nights. When I hear him laugh, I say, "I have heard Rabelais.". And I swallow his laughter like bread and wine.
Anais Nin