At a lecture I am asked to pronounce my name three times. I try to be slow and … - Anais Nin

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I believe we are all born equal. You know, we are, whether you're a boy or a girl, you should have the same equal rights.

Anais Nin

At a lecture I am asked to pronounce my name three times. I try to be slow and emphatic, "Anaïs Anaïs Anaïs. You just say "Anna" and then add "ees," with the accent on the "ees.

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My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to find peace with exactly who and what I am. To take pride in my thoughts, my appearance, my talents, my flaws and to stop this incessant worrying that I can’t be loved as I am.

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willingness to explore everything is a sign of strength. The weak ones have prejudices. Prejudices are a protection.

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If all of us acted in unison as I act individually there would be no wars and no poverty. I have made myself personally responsible for the fate of every human being who has come my way.

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I believe the lasting revolution comes from deep changes in ourselves which influence our collective life.

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That is my essential reason for writing, not for fame, not to be celebrated after death, but to heighten and create life all around me. I also write because when I am writing I reach the high moment of fusion sought by the mystics, the poets, the lovers, a sense of communion with the universe.

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