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Fairy tale Quotes by Anais Nin

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“When does real love begin? At first it was a fire, eclipses, short circuits, lightning and fireworks; the incense, hammocks, drugs, wines, perfumes; then spasm and honey, fever, fatigue, warmth, currents of liquid fire, feast and orgies; then dreams, visions,…

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We have been poisoned by fairy tales.

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Strange, isn't it, that no chemical will give a human being the iridescence that illusions have given them? Give me your hat.

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The personal, if it is deep enough, becomes universal, mythical, symbolic.

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In each studio there is a human being dressed in the full regalia of his myth fearing to expore a vulnerable opening, spreading not…

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I don't mind working, holding my ground intellectually, artistically; but as a woman, oh, God, as a woman I want to be dominated

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The basis of insincerity is the idealized image we hold of ourselves and wish to impose on others.

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