More quotes by Anaïs Nin

"Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat."
"When your beauty struck me, it dissolved me. Deep down, I am not different from you. I dreamed you, I wished for your existence. I see in you that part of me which is you. I surrender my sincerity because if I love you it means we share the same fantasies, we share the same madness."
"One discovers that destiny can be diverted, that one does not have to remain in bondage to the first wax imprint made on childhood sensibilities. Once the deforming mirror has been smashed, there is a possibility of wholeness. There is a possibility of joy."
"How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?"
"The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say."