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The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 5: 1947-1955 - Bilingual quotes that celebrate the beauty of language, showcasing meaningful expressions in two unique perspectives.

"The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 5: 1947-1955" captures the intimate thoughts and experiences of the author during a transformative period in her life. Throughout these years, Nin navigates her relationships, writing career, and the complexities of her emotional world. The diary reflects a rich interplay...

Perhaps behind our occasional hostility toward the artist and writer there may be a slight tinge of jealousy. The man or woman who for the sake of family life, children, takes up work he does not like, disciplines himself, sacrifices some fantasy he had once, to travel or to paint, or even possibly to write, may feel toward the artist and writer a jealousy of his adventurous life. The artist and the writer have generally paid the full price for their independence and for the privilege of doing work they love, or for their artistic rebellions against standardized living or values.

For our anxiety is the one thing we cannot place on the shoulders of others, it suffocates them.

I am most deeply concerned over a trend toward conformity, a growth of anti-intellectualism, which manifests itself in a sneering attitude toward education, science, and the arts. The tendency is to stifle mental freedom, which is the very basis of a democracy's life and growth.

No rest for me anywhere. No rest from writing, awareness, insights, memories, fantasies, analogies, free associations. Writing becomes imperative for a surcharged head.

Am I creating my own isolation? It seems to me that most of my acts are acts of integrity. So much takes place within me each day that by comparison I find a paucity, a stinginess, a silence in people which drives me to excess.

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