Anaïs Nin1903–1977- The Four-Chambered Heart (1950), p. 48
- March 1937
- D. H. Lawrence : An Unprofessional Study (1932)
- Feb. 15, 1936
- June 1932 Henry and June
- The Diary Of Anais Nin, Volume Two (1934-1939)
The enemy of a love is never outside, it’s not a man or woman, it’s what we lack in ourselves.
A Spy in the House of Love (1954)- November, 1933
- The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 5
I believe one writes because one has to create a world in which one can live.
February 1954 The Diary of Anaïs Nin Vol. 5 (1947-1955), as quoted in Woman as Writer (1978) by Jeannette L. Webber and Joan Grumman, p. 38I know no joy as great as a moment of rushing into a new love, no ecstasy like that of a new love.
Diary entry, 30 May 1934I will not adjust myself to the world. I am adjusted to myself.
Diary entry, 25 March 1933When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others.
February 1954 The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 5 as quoted in Woman as Writer (1978) by Jeannette L. Webber and Joan Grumman, p. 38We don’t have a language for the senses. Feelings are images, sensations are like musical sounds.
Diary entry, February 1932- The Novel of the Future (1969)
