Anais Nin Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Anais Nin quotes, Anais Nin sayings, and Anais Nin proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman. Anais Nin
The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say. Anais Nin
Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country. Anais Nin
I have such a fear of finding another like myself, and such a desire to find one! I am so utterly lonely, but I also have such a fear that my isolation be broken through, and I no longer be the head and ruler of my universe. Anais Nin
Innocence was gone from all our acts. Our habitual state of rebellion became a serious political crime. Anais Nin
Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat. Anais Nin
How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself. Anais Nin
Shame is the lie someone told you about yourself. Anais Nin
We travel, some of us forever, to seek other places, other lives, other souls. Anais Nin
Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country. Anais Nin
Travel is seeking the lost paradise. It is the supreme illusion of love. Anais Nin
He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie. Anais Nin
There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Anais Nin
Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country. Anais Nin
Introspection is a devouring monster. You have to feed it with much material, much experience, many people, many places, many loves, many creations, and then it ceases feeding on you. Anais Nin
The cynic is a coward. He foresees all barrenness so that barrenness can never surprise him. Anais Nin
Adolescence is like cactus. Anais Nin
Ecstasy is the moment of exaltation from wholeness! Anais Nin
Death from disillusion is not instantaneous, and there are no mercy killers for the disillusioned. Anais Nin
The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery. Anais Nin
Idealism is the death of the body and the imagination. All but freedom, utter freedom, is death Anais Nin
When one is pretending the entire body revolts. Anais Nin
Each contact with a human being is so rare, so precious, one should preserve it. Anais Nin
People living deeply have no fear of death. Anais Nin
Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are. Anais Nin
Life is a full circle, widening until it joins the circle motions of the infinite. Anais Nin
The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself. Anais Nin
Good things come to those who hustle. Anais Nin
Notes fly so much farther than words. There is no other way to reach the infinite. Anais Nin
Tropical nights are hammocks for lovers. Anais Nin