“And never have I felt so deeply
at one and the same time so detached from myself and so present in the world.”
―
at one and the same time so detached from myself and so present in the world.”
―
“I look at you and you look at me and
deep in our hearts know it
That you weren't much of a muse,
but then I weren't much of a poet”
―
deep in our hearts know it
That you weren't much of a muse,
but then I weren't much of a poet”
―
“I only feel close to people who arouse my energy, who make enormous demands of me, who are capable of enriching me with experience, pain, people who do not doubt my courage, or my toughness. People who do not believe me naive or innocent, but who challenge my keenest wisdom, who have the courage to treat me like a woman in spite of the fact that they are aware of my vulnerability.”
― The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
― The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
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