Collages Quotes

“It is my secrecy which makes you unhappy, my evasions, my silences. And so I have found a solution. Whenever you get desperate with my mysteries, my ambiguities, here is a set of Chinese puzzle boxes. You have always said that I was myself a Chinese puzzle box. When you are in the mood and I baffle your love of confidences, your love of openness, your love of sharing experiences, then open one of the boxes. And in it you will find a story, a story about me and my life. Do you like this idea? Do you think it will help us to live together?”
― Anaïs Nin, Collages

“Die Vergangenheit war wie jene altmodischen, mit Kräutern und Blumen gefüllten Duftkissen, deren Aroma die Kleider durchdringt und an ihnen haften bleibt.”
― Anaïs Nin, Collages

“Finding one's self in a book is a second birth.”
― Anaïs Nin, Collages

“I thought only dreamers destroyed themselves.”
― Anaïs Nin, Collages

“Could she love such an unstormy sky as his eyes, such a downy and untarnished skin, such a candid smile?”
― Anaïs Nin, Collages

“And one thought of the French word for hostess, entraineuse, which meant to pull, to magnetize, to lure in her wake.”
― Anaïs Nin, Collages