The poet is one who is able to keep the fresh vision of the child alive.
Anais NinRead
I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.
Interpretation
The speaker expresses a desire for a partner who recognizes and challenges their strength and bravery.
In this quote, Anais Nin emphasizes the importance of being with a partner who acknowledges one's inner strength and potential. She advocates for a relationship where both partners inspire and support each other's growth, challenging each other while respecting their identities and capabilities, particularly in the context of gender roles and expectations.
In practice
This quote can inspire discussions about the qualities we seek in a partner during a relationship workshop.
The poet is one who is able to keep the fresh vision of the child alive.
Anxiety is love's greatest killer, because it is like the stranglehold of the drowning.
We celebrate peace. Yet we pay no attention to the ways of curing aggression in human beings. And when one sees in psychoanalysis hostility disappearing as people conquer their fears, one wonders if the cure is not there.
The impetus to grow and live intensely is so powerful in me I cannot resist it. I will work, I will love my husband, but I will fulfill myself.
We have been poisoned by fairy tales.
But I lie. I embellish. My words are not deep enough. They disguise, they conceal. I will not rest until I have told of my descent into a sensuality which was as dark, as magnificent, as wild, as my moments of mystic creation have been dazzling, ecstatic, exalted.
Tell the angels no, I don’t wanna leave my baby alone I don’t want nobody else to hold you That’s a chance I’ll take Baby I’ll stay, Heaven can wait No, if the angels took me from this earth I would tell them bring me back to her It’s a chance I’ll take, maybe I’ll stay Heaven can wait
If a thing loves, it is infinite.
When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell.
Don't be afraid to let her into your heart and when your down, don't try to carry the whole world on your shoulders.
No, make me mistress to the man I love; If there be yet another name more free More fond than mistress, make me that to thee!
No bird can fly without opening its wings, and no one can love without exposing their hearts.
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