41 Completely Badgirl Anaïs Nin Quotes

Unsolicited but SAGE advise for the ladies.

Here are some of my favorite quotes from the link above:

On love and relationships

How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.

I am only responsible for my own heart, you offered yours up for the smashing my darling. Only a fool would give out such a vital organ.

On courage

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.

On congruence

When one is pretending the entire body revolts.

Had I not created my whole world, I would certainly have died in other people’s.

On perseverance

Good things happen to those who hustle.

On persuasion

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

When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others.

On perception

We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.

When others asked the truth of me, I was convinced it was not the truth they wanted, but an illusion they could bear to live with.

On living

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

People living deeply have no fear of death.

I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing.