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“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.”
― Anaïs Nin

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

“The secret of joy is the mastery of pain.”
― Anais Nin

“The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.”
― Anais Nin

“Our love of each other was like two long shadows kissing without hope of reality.”
― Anaïs Nin

“Societies in decline have no use for visionaries.”
― Anais Nin

“You cannot save people. You can only love them.”
― Anaïs Nin

“There are many ways to be free. One of them is to transcend reality by imagination, as I try to do.”
― Anais Nin

“Submission is not about authority and it is not obedience; it is all about relationships of love and respect.”
― Wm. Paul Young, The Shack

“It's hard for an educated woman to turn her head off. That's part of the joy of being a submissive. None of the decisions are yours. When you can't refuse anything and can't even move, those voices in your head go silent. All you can do, and all you are permitted to do, is feel.”
― Cherise Sinclair, Dark Citadel

“You cannot fulfil God's purposes for your life while focusing on your own plans. ”
― Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

“What was the point in satin and lace if it didn't make a man struggle to speak?”
― Alexandra Ivy, Embrace the Darkness