“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
"Only the united beat of sex and the heart can create ecstasy."
- Anaïs Nin
Love
"He was now in that state of fire that she loved. She wanted to be burnt."
- Anaïs Nin
Love
"Anxiety is love’s greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you."
- Anaïs Nin
Awareness
"When you possess light within, you see it externally."
- Anaïs Nin
Awareness
"I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of making plans, of criticizing, sanctioning and molding my life, is too much of a daily event for me."
- Anaïs Nin
Self-awareness
"When you change your thoughts, remember to also change your world."
- Norman Vincent Peale
Change
"Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Change
"The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes."
- William James
Change
"If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one."
- Dolly Parton
Change
"If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you."
- Fred Devito
Change