“It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being.”
― The Secret of Staying in Love
― The Secret of Staying in Love
“Be prepared for the worst, my love, for it lives next door to the best.”
― Finnikin of the Rock
― Finnikin of the Rock
“I love her for what she has dared to be, for her hardness, her cruelty, her egoism, her perverseness, her demoniac destructiveness. She would crush me to ashes without hesitation. She is a personality created to the limit. I worship her courage to hurt, and I am willing to be sacrificed to it. She will add the sum of me to her. She will be June plus all that I contain.”
― Henry and June: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1931-1932
― Henry and June: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1931-1932
“If you saw through everything, it made it hard to figure out what to do with yourself.”
― Fools: Stories
― Fools: Stories
“If I have only one coin left in the world, I will buy a rose to propose to you.”
― I Love You Too
― I Love You Too
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