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Loneliness – Anaïs Nin

“I am lonely, yet not everybody will do. I don’t know why, some people fill the gaps and others emphasize my loneliness.”

– Anaïs Nin

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My idea of them – Anaïs Nin

“In reality those who satisfy me are those who simply allow me to live with my idea of them.”

– Anaïs Nin

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I am adjusted to myself – Anais Nin

“I disregard the proportions, the measures, the tempo of the ordinary world. I refuse to live in the ordinary world as ordinary women; to enter ordinary relationships. I want ecstasy. I am a neurotic – in the sense that I live in my world. I will not adjust myself to the world. I am adjusted to myself.”

– Anais Nin

Courage – Anaïs Nin

“It takes courage to push yourself to places that you have never been before. To test your limits. To break through barriers. And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”

– Anaïs Nin

Life shrinks or expands – Anais Nin

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”
 
– Anais Nin