Nin Quotes: top 100 famous quotes about Nin

Nin Quotes & Sayings

Happy to read and share the best inspirational Nin quotes, sayings and quotations on Wise Famous Quotes.

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: Love men and women not for their strength

Love men and women not for their strength but their softness, not for their fullness but their hunger, not for their plenty but their need. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: Anything I can not transform into something marvelous,

Anything I can not transform into something marvelous, I let go. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: There are two ways to reach me: by

There are two ways to reach me: by way of kisses or by way of the imagination. But there is a hierarchy: the kisses alone don't work. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: Our love lives because I live.

Our love lives because I live. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: We see things as we are, not as

We see things as we are, not as they are... — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: We see things the way we are, not

We see things the way we are, not the way they are. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: I dreamed you, I wished for your existence.

I dreamed you, I wished for your existence. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: The artist is the only one who knows

The artist is the only one who knows that the world is a subjective creation, that there is a choice to be made, a selection of elements. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: Mature people relate to each other without the

Mature people relate to each other without the need to merge. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: I never lose sight of the whole. An

I never lose sight of the whole. An impeccable dress is made to be lived in, to be torn, wet, stained, crumpled. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: It is hard for me to believe in

It is hard for me to believe in continuous, sustained happiness, just as it is hard for me to believe in love. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: Only the united beat of sex and heart

Only the united beat of sex and heart together can create ecstasy. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: What can I say Rango? What can I

What can I say Rango? What can I do to prove to you that I belong to you? — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: I sleep with my feet on moss carpets,

I sleep with my feet on moss carpets, my branches in the cotton of the clouds. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: The one who travels like a lover searching

The one who travels like a lover searching for a new passion is suddenly blessed with new eyes, new ears, new senses. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: America is the greatest humiliator in existence. It

America is the greatest humiliator in existence. It is always cultivating the power you get from humiliating others. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: We cannot cure the evils of politics with

We cannot cure the evils of politics with politics ... — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: Adolescence is like cactus.

Adolescence is like cactus. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: And the very folds of the curtains contained

And the very folds of the curtains contained secrets and sighs. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: The river of life divides into two branches:

The river of life divides into two branches: being and formulating. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: The impetus to grow and live intensely is

The impetus to grow and live intensely is so powerful in me I cannot resist it. I will work, I will love my husband, but I will fulfill myself. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: You had to account for every move, arrival

You had to account for every move, arrival or exit. In the world there was a conspiracy against improvisation. It was only permitted in jazz. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: The love of only one man or one

The love of only one man or one woman is an enclosure. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: The period without the diary remains an ordeal.

The period without the diary remains an ordeal. Every evening I want my diary as one wants opium. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: He was now in that state of fire

He was now in that state of fire that she loved. She wanted to be burnt. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: I put artistic values above all others. Because

I put artistic values above all others. Because writing, for me, is an expanded world, a limitless world, containing all. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: I despise my own hypersensitiveness, which requires so

I despise my own hypersensitiveness, which requires so much reassurance. It is certainly abnormal to crave so much to be loved and understood. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: Notes fly so much farther than words. There

Notes fly so much farther than words. There is no other way to reach the infinite. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: She was truthful, or I was the greatest

She was truthful, or I was the greatest dupe who ever existed. I can only believe in our ecstasy. I don't want to know, I only want to love her. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: I love man as creator, lover, husband, friend,

I love man as creator, lover, husband, friend, but man the father I do not trust. I do not believe in man as father. I do not trust man as father. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: I can elect something I love and absorb

I can elect something I love and absorb myself in it. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: Every gesture was one of disorder and violence,

Every gesture was one of disorder and violence, as if a lioness had come into the room. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have

I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: The inner and poetic illumination of his life

The inner and poetic illumination of his life came from me. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: To write at the same temperature at which

To write at the same temperature at which I live I should write nothing but poetry. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: When you possess light within, you see it

When you possess light within, you see it externally. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: Big Business and Politics are twins, they are

Big Business and Politics are twins, they are the monsters who kill everything, corrupt everything. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: Our love of each other was like two

Our love of each other was like two long shadows kissing without hope of reality. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: When we blindly adopt a religion, a political

When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: The enemy of a love is never outside,

The enemy of a love is never outside, it's not a man or a woman, it's what we lack in ourselves. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: The dream was always running ahead of me.

The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: My attraction to drugs is based on an

My attraction to drugs is based on an immense desire to annihilate awareness. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: I never liked the language of Henry Miller.

I never liked the language of Henry Miller. I don't think pornography has added to our sensual life. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: I am very near to madness. I imagine

I am very near to madness. I imagine my isolation, and I go mad inside, a delirium of doubts and fears. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: They clutch and cling and howl when I

They clutch and cling and howl when I leave them, but how badly they love. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: I have forgotten my mask and my face

I have forgotten my mask and my face was in it. Man — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: You are that to me, an oasis. You

You are that to me, an oasis. You drug me and at the same time you give me strength. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: Don't let one cloud obliterate the whole sky.

Don't let one cloud obliterate the whole sky. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: Will you come down and kiss me good

Will you come down and kiss me good night? — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: The truly faithless one is the one who

The truly faithless one is the one who makes love to only a fraction of you. And denies the rest. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: A big enough artist, I say, can eat

A big enough artist, I say, can eat anything, must eat everything and then alchemize it. Only the feeble writer is afraid of expansion. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: My trunk, valises and my mind are overpacked.

My trunk, valises and my mind are overpacked. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: The bed must be a beautiful place, not

The bed must be a beautiful place, not only because you make love there but because you dream there as well. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: Then he stretched himself alongside her to smoke

Then he stretched himself alongside her to smoke a cigarette with all the ceremony of an opium dreamer. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: To withhold from living is to die ...

To withhold from living is to die ... the more you give of yourself to life the more life nourishes you. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: We are going to the moon that is

We are going to the moon that is not very far. Man has so much farther to go within himself. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: Strange, isn't it, that no chemical will give

Strange, isn't it, that no chemical will give a human being the iridescence that illusions have given them? Give me your hat. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: In my dreams I sleep with everybody.

In my dreams I sleep with everybody. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: A man who lives unrelated to other human

A man who lives unrelated to other human beings dies. But a man who lives unrelated to himself also dies. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: Expressing feelings is linked directly with creation ...

Expressing feelings is linked directly with creation ... In this ability to tap the sources of feeling and imagination lies the secret of abundance. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: Do you have regrets that we were so

Do you have regrets that we were so overwhelmed? Do you ever wish to live those hours over again and differently, with more confidence. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: Tonight I am all in flames.

Tonight I am all in flames. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: We did not touch each other. We were

We did not touch each other. We were both leaning over the abyss. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: Perhaps a child, like a cat, is so

Perhaps a child, like a cat, is so much inside of himself that he does not see himself in the mirror. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: One handles truths like dynamite. Literature is one

One handles truths like dynamite. Literature is one vast hypocrisy, a giant deception, treachery. All writers have concealed more than they revealed. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: All I wanted was humor and wisdom.

All I wanted was humor and wisdom. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: Stories do not end.

Stories do not end. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: Where the myth fails, human love begins. Then

Where the myth fails, human love begins. Then we love a human being, not our dream, but a human being with flaws. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: We have been poisoned by fairy tales.

We have been poisoned by fairy tales. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: Tropical nights are hammocks for lovers.

Tropical nights are hammocks for lovers. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: To escape him she had run away to

To escape him she had run away to the end of the world. To be free of him she had run away to places where he never went. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: I say quotations are literary. They are good

I say quotations are literary. They are good only when dealing with ideas, not with experience. Experience should be pure, unique. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: Gold never comes to the dreamers - except

Gold never comes to the dreamers - except in dreams. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: Stories are the only enchantment possible, for when

Stories are the only enchantment possible, for when we begin to see our suffering as a story, we are saved. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: All of my creation is an effort to

All of my creation is an effort to weave a web of connection with the world: I am always weaving it because it was once broken. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: To think of him in the middle of

To think of him in the middle of the day lifts me out of ordinary living. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: One handles truths like dynamite.

One handles truths like dynamite. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: The unknown is my compass

The unknown is my compass — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: Sexual intercourse ... a joyous, joyous, joyous, joyous

Sexual intercourse ... a joyous, joyous, joyous, joyous impaling of woman on man's sensual mast. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Nin: Enriched vocabularies someone had (and used) are produced

Enriched vocabularies someone had (and used) are produced by a boundless wondrous mind. Sometime with a non mediocre experience also. — Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: We sit on the kitchen exchanging these diabolical

We sit on the kitchen exchanging these diabolical outgrowths of overfertile minds. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: Only love begets love.

Only love begets love. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: He never treated her as a wife. He

He never treated her as a wife. He wooed her over and over again, with presents, flowers, new pleasures. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: My ideas usually come not at my desk

My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: I stopped loving my father a long time

I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to a pattern. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: Golconda remained a city where the wind was

Golconda remained a city where the wind was like velvet, where the sun was made of radium, and the sea as warm as a mother's womb. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: Nowhere is inhumanity more revealed than in hospitals.

Nowhere is inhumanity more revealed than in hospitals. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: In every relationship, sooner or later, there is

In every relationship, sooner or later, there is a court scene. Accusations, counter-accusations, a trial, a verdict. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: Destruction is ultimately self-destruction.

Destruction is ultimately self-destruction. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: This diary is my kief, hashish and opium

This diary is my kief, hashish and opium pipe. This is my drug and my vice. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: The unconscious can become destructive if it is

The unconscious can become destructive if it is disregarded and thwarted. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: We are more severe judges of our own

We are more severe judges of our own acts ... We judge our thoughts, our intents, our secret curses, our secret hates, not only our acts. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: The only transformer and alchemist that turns everything

The only transformer and alchemist that turns everything into gold is love. The only magic against death, aging, ordinary life, is love. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: The role of a writer is not to

The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: He had appointed her not only guardian angel,

He had appointed her not only guardian angel, but a member of his ideals. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: Was it not an act of love to

Was it not an act of love to impersonate the loved one? — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: Compassion for our parents is the true sign

Compassion for our parents is the true sign of maturity. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: You cannot save people. You can only love

You cannot save people. You can only love them. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: I am like a snake who has already

I am like a snake who has already bitten. I retreat from a direct battle while knowing the slow effect of the poison. — Anais Nin

Nin Quotes By Anais Nin: Djuna concerned only with the longitude, and latitude

Djuna concerned only with the longitude, and latitude and altitude of human beings in relation to each other. — Anais Nin