More quotes by Anaïs Nin

"We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect."
"life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity, & stumble from defeat to defeat."
"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."
"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."
"I am lonely, yet not everybody will do. I don’t know why, some people fill the gaps and others emphasize my loneliness."