How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the w... - Anaïs Nin

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."

"Societies in decline have no use for visionaries."

"I am only responsible for my own heart, you offered yours up for the smashing my darling. Only a fool would give out such a vital organ"

"Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country."

"She lacks confidence, she craves admiration insatiably. She lives on the reflections of herself in the eyes of others. She does not dare to be herself."