Quotes by Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934

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I never lose sight of the whole. An impeccable dress is made to be lived in, to be torn, wet, stained, crumpled. — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
Wherever there is light, look for the shadow. The shadow is me. — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
You sought to preserve your creative instincts and what would nourish them. But neurosis itself does not nourish the art — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
We are dancing on our irony as upon the top of glowing sparks. — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
The origin of illness may be in the past, but the virulent crisis must be dynamically tackled. I believe in attacking th — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
There is not one big cosmic meaning for all; there is only the meaning we each give to our life, an individual meaning, — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
I must know, he thinks. It must be clear to me. There is a world which is closed to him, a world of shadings, gradations — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
We are punctual, a stressed, marked characteristic. We need order around us, in the house, in the life, although we live — Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934