Anais Nin Quotes


If you are terribly truthful, the ground will always move from under you, and you will have to shift with the constantly shifting truth.


Citations

Nin, Anaïs. The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947. Edited by Gunther Stuhlmann, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971.

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Anais Nin
Anais Nin
  • Born: February 21, 1903
  • Died: January 14, 1977
  • Nationality: Cuban American
  • Profession: Author

Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell, known professionally as Anaïs Nin (/ænə.iːs niːn/; French: [ana.is nin]), was a French-Cuban-American diarist, essayist, novelist and writer of short stories and erotica. Born to Cuban parents in France, Nin was the daughter of composer Joaquín Nin and Rosa Culmell, a classically trained singer. Nin spent her early years in Spain and Cuba, about sixteen years in Paris (1924–1940), and the remaining half of her life in the United States, where she became an established author.