Anais Nin Quotes

It's a life's journey of finding ourselves, finding our power, and living for yourself, not for everyone else.

I wanted to pursue my own thing - I had desires, ideas I wanted to accomplish, and I needed to be on my own for that.

I like having the space of my own project.

I will be unneeded, and gladly so, when you realize that the vitality and reinforcement and joy are your own, and rise from the fountain of your own beings; when you realize that you do not need me for protection, for there is nothing you need protect yourself against.

I stopped waiting for the world to give me what I wanted; I started giving it to myself.

You have to be able to make a real creative life for Yourself, before you can expect anyone Else to provide one ready-made for you.

Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work.

I love my father, but I have worked to develop a separate and distinct identity in different projects I have worked on.

I love working alone. Crave it, in fact. I feel truly alive then.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom, for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

I want an identity outside of my work.

Writing is something I can do by myself.

In silence - and in self-defense - I figured things out in my own little way.

I quickly realized I had to have my own style and strategy and find my own way.

To make your own family is just the most empowering thing ever. It's the greatest thing you can ever pull off.

More than anything, I think my connection to the sea has really helped me develop my independence and a sense of the importance and value of my own vision.

It's nice to finally be my own person.

As a southern woman, we often define ourselves by who we are with. But I wanted my life to be built differently.

To me, being worth it means being independent and carving your own path. The L'Oreal woman is worth it because she wants to be.

I don't need love or a man to complete me,and someday, you'll find that true for yourself. Suitors will come and go, but you will remain.

One must not live one's life through men but must be complete on oneself as a woman of substance.

Wisdom's daughter walks alone. That didn't just mean without other people, Annabeth realized. It meant without any special powers.

Create a world, your world. Alone. Stand alone. And then love will come to you, then it comes to you.

The way I look at it, love does not necessarily make for a happy ending any more than winning does. What makes for a happy ending is what Addie said all along: freedom. The freedom to be who you are without anybody calling you names. —Bobby Goodspeed

Woman must come of age by herself. This is the essence of 'coming of age'-to learn how to stand alone. She must learn not to depend on another, nor to feel she must prove her strength by competing with another. In the past, she has swung between these two opposite poles of dependence and competition, of Victorianism and Feminism. Both extremes throw her off balance; neither is the center, the true center of being a whole woman. She must find her true center alone. She must become whole.