The man who was once starved may revenge himself upon the world not by stealing just once, or by stealing only what he needs, but by taking from the world an endless toll in payment of something irreplaceable, which is the lost faith.
Anaïs NinStichwörter: faith anais-nin theft ladders-to-fire this-hunger lost-faith
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Passion gives me moments of wholeness
Anaïs NinMy first vision of earth was water veiled. I am of the race of men and women who see all things through this curtain of sea, and my eyes are the color of water.
Anaïs NinAnd the time came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
Anaïs NinStichwörter: self-help spirituality
If a person continues to see giants, it means he is still looking at the world through the eyes of a child.
Anaïs NinThe city was asleep on its right side and shaking with violent nightmares. Long puffs of snoring came out of the chimneys. Its feet were sticking out because the clouds did not cover it altogether. There was a hole in them and the white feathers were falling out. The city had untied all its bridges like so many buttons to feel at ease. Wherever there was a lamplight the city scratched itself until it went out.
Anaïs NinThree or four threads may be agitated, like telegraph wires, at the same time, and if I were to tap them all I would reveal such a mixture of innocence and duplicity, generosity and calculation, fear and courage, I cannot tell the whole truth simply because I would have to write four journals at once.
Anaïs NinStichwörter: life
I have no fear of God, and yet fear keeps me awake at night,fear of the devil. And if I believe in the devil, I must believe in God. And if evil is abhorrent to me, I must be a saint.
Henry, save me from beatification, from the horrors of static perfection. Precipitate me into the inferno.
Stories do not end.
Anaïs NinI hate men who are afraid of women's strength.
Anaïs NinStichwörter: empowerment woman feminism women-s-strenth
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