Heart Quotes by Anais Nin

New York has an electronic heart.

— Anais Nin

He was jealous of her future, and she of his past.

— Anais Nin

I hate men who are afraid of women's strength.

— Anais Nin

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.

— Anais Nin

Only the united beat of sex and heart together can create ecstasy.

— Anais Nin

Through love, through friendship, a heart lives more than one life.

— Anais Nin

Coming near him like a ballet dancer she took a leap towards him, and he, frightened by her vehemence, and fearing that…

— Anais Nin

This morning I got up to begin this book I coughed. Something was coming out of my throat: it was strangling me.…

— Anais Nin

At first she beckoned and lured one into her world; then, she blurred the passageways, confused all the images, as if to…

— Anais Nin

What a mystery this is, desire. The love sickness, the sensitivity, the obsession, the flutter of the heart, the ebb and flow…

— Anais Nin

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

— Anais Nin

We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are…

— Anais Nin

Not afraid of poverty and drabness and who is untouched by it, untouched by the drunkenness of her friends; (she) who judges,…

— Anais Nin

There were always in me, two women at least, one woman desperate and bewildered, who felt she was drowning and another who…

— Anais Nin

I prefer by far the warmth and softness to mere brilliancy and coldness. Some people remind me of sharp dazzling diamonds. Valuable…

— Anais Nin

The struggle to emerge out of the past, clean of memories; the inadequacy of our hearts to cut life into separate and…

— Anais Nin

He, who had done more than any human being to draw her out of the caves of her secret, folded life, now…

— Anais Nin

In each studio there is a human being dressed in the full regalia of his myth fearing to expore a vulnerable opening,…

— Anais Nin

I looked upon a clock to find the truth. The hours were passing like ivory chess figures, striking piano notes, and the…

— Anais Nin

She was fully, painfully aware that very rarely did midnight strike in two hearts at once, very rarely did midnight arouse two…

— Anais Nin