Anais Nin Questions & Answers

I want to say it was Anais Nin but that would seem to go against type since she was a writer about her experiences. I know it was someone who was prolific during the first half of the 20th century.

can somebody please give me examples of what i could talk about? "Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born." Anais Nin From freshman year to now, we know that you have interacted with a number of people in your high school who are different from you and have affected who you are now. Tell us about one such relationship, with a focus on the details of your interaction, not the person.

Quote by Anaïs Nin "I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living."

what is meant by this quote?

just be honest about the quote. Do you think that is you? if yes, talk about it and explain.

We don't see things as they are. We see things as we are. Anais Nin

It dies because we do not know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds. It dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishing! .... Anais Nin

I know the umlaut means an ee sound, but do I pronounce the S on the end, and where is the stress supposed to be??? Thanks! So is the stress on the first syllable? Thank you :)

"...And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."

i love reading books by anais nin, especially her erotica, does anybody know any other good authors in her genre?

Just heard a quote from movie, 'Bridges of Madison County', Meryl Streep's daughter always thought mom was straitlaced, then while reading her journals is surprised to think, 'All this time, she's been carrying on like Anais Nin.' Who is/was Anais Nin?

When I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship? - Anais Nin

As in the author Anais Nin? I always liked the looks of the name but never quite sure how it is pronounced. Inhale luv.......That is always how I pronounced it in my head. Thanks.

There is a special offer on my mum's book club for these twenty books fof fifteen pound. I have never heard of any of them, but they look good and they all cost under a pound. Has anyone heard of any of these titles? Bodily Secrets - William Trevor Doomed Love - Virgil The woman who got away - John Updike First love - Ivan Turgeney Eros Unbound - Anais Nin Magnetism - F.Scott Fitzgerald The Kreutzer Sonata - Leo Tolstoy The Seducer's Diary - Soren Kierkegaard Of Mistresses, tigeresses, and other conquests - Giacomo Casanova Cures for love - Stendhal Forbidden fruit - from the letters of abelard and heloise The eaten heart: unlikely tales of love - Giovanni Boccacio A mere interlude - Thomas Hardy Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin Mary - Vladimir Nabokov Deviant Love - Sigmund Freed The Virgin and the gipsy - D.H.Lawrence Bonjour Tristesse - Frabcoise Sagan A russian affair - Anton Chekhov Something childish but very natural - Katherine Mansfield

As Anais Nin states, "Dreams are necessary for life." They add value to our lives and to the lives of others. But dreams are also like a flickering candle. A gentle breeze or unexpected draft can easily snuff it out. The fragile flame which represents our desires needs to be protected to remain burning. However, weaknesses such as feelings of inadequacy, fear of failure, and poor association can easily blow out our ambitions, resulting in wasted potential and unrealized dreams. What can we do to protect our goals from our frailties? We all know human frailty is part of life. However, HOW we handle discoveries about ourselves is key. The wise person seeks the truth and allows themselves to receive feedback from a trusted source-their own self. Through self-observation, we can recognize and audit areas of counterproductive behavior.

Here are some wise words by some wise people about New Year's resolutions.. Mine is to get rid of the blasted 40 lbs I wanted to lose last year. On my fridge I have some print out photos of ladies larger than myself.. but that didn't work... instead now I am as large as the ladies I put up on my fridge to make me lose the weight.. My aunt is right.. and she lost 22 lbs in just some weeks... she said it has to come from the head ''one has to want to from the head, it's not enough if the body wants to lose the weight and I am on those horrid pills that made me gain weight.. because they make me too exhausted for exercise.. my fault.. I want to change... what good resolutions do you have for this coming year or do you share the opinion of the wise people in these quotes? Jay Leno Now there are more overweight people in America than average-weight people. So overweight people are now average… which means, you have met your New Year's resolution. James Agate New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time. Eric Zorn Making resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and, ultimately, reinforces humility. Breaking them is part of the cycle. Bill Vaughan An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. Charles Lamb New Year's Day is every man's birthday. Oprah Winfrey Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to get it right. Mark Twain New Year's Day… now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual. Judith Crist Happiness is too many things these days for anyone to wish it on anyone lightly. So let's just wish each other a bile-less New Year and leave it at that. Anonymous Many people look forward to the New Year for a new start on old habits. Joey Adams May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions! Anais Nin I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of making plans, of criticizing, sanctioning and molding my life, is too much of a daily event for me. Oscar Wilde Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account. Robert Paul I'm a little bit older, a little bit wiser, a little bit rounder, but still none the wiser. Anonymous A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one Year and out the other. Let me know what your goals and resolutions and plans are you hope to achieve in 2009?

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." ~Anais Nin

What does this mean to you? I am touched by this quote and would like to know what it means to other people?

I'm very curious to read some of Nin's work and understand she was also famous for her erotica, which I'm not interested in reading - my question is, which (if any), of her fiction works, don't contain 'erotica'? Would her diaries be considered partially erotica as well? Thanks so much for reading!!

I always like seeing that Anais Nin quote etched into a ladies room mirror in the Salt Lake City Public Library. I guess it means that we're always bias to seeing things from our own eyes...how do you interpret it?

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by Anais Nin "And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." I would be interested to see your efforts. Thank you in advance. ma

Most people my age prefer watching Hollywood blockbusters and vapid comedies. I like foreign films and obscure character pieces. Everyone listens to popular music. I like experimental rock, classical, and jazz. Everyone has crushes on boy hearthrobs and macho men. I have crushes on middle aged Irish and British actors. Everyone goes out to get wasted at the bar. I attempt to extrapolate a pattern for a 1913 cocoon coat or else go to the library to read up on Francis Bacon or Anais Nin. I have nothing to talk about with people my age. Most of them don't talk to me. They'll ask me what I did on the weekend. I'll answer that I watched La Reine Margot and just get a blank stare. I love my little passions, but can't find anyone like me!. I'm 22 and have just graduated university

I'm visiting New York in August and, being a big Anais Nin fan, I'd like to visit the adresses at which she lived. Thanks in advance!

I am currently reading a used copy from the 60s of vol. 1 of the diary of Anais Nin. I've heard that a lot of things were abridged in this version, and I was wondering if after I read this, is it worth it to buy the series of unabridged diaries that I've seen online? Also, what did everyone think of it?

mine is from anais nin... There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Your personal interpretation please

I saw you today (6-9-08) at the financial aid counter at Chemeketa Community College. Another older gentleman was waiting for you and I noticed you leaving in a maroon state licensed car. I wanted badly to say hello but was too shy. I would like to talk with you and get to know you. Please contact me and take this chance that I am willing to take. I came across a phrase an hour after seeing you. "And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." -Anais Nin I just wish it had hit me before I saw you. Otherwise I may have spoken up. -Jamie

I already have a book for him. It's really cool...it lists all kinds of different things a man should know how to do...everything from how to drive a stick shift to how to tie a tie. Then it gives step-by-step instructions. I love it. He wanted a book that he can read to me out of, because I love it when he does that. so, I got him Delta of Venus by Anais Nin. For those of you who knows what it's about...it has got to be some of the most tasteful, almost beautiful (what ma I saying almost for?) erotica imaginable. I really love it. I'm sure there will be many nights spend by the fireplace reading. Now, I was thinking about painting a cigar box I have lying around here. We write each other a lot of letters..so I thought this could be a special place to keep them. The outside would be dark blue...with a picture of a it bridge on it. Over it, would say in red letters, "across the bridge of hope.." then on the inside, "together?" Modeled after his favorite picture. What do you think? No, thank you. after 9 months we are still not having sex and won't be for a while.

Boyfriend birthday present ideas? I already have a book for him. It's really cool...it lists all kinds of different things a man should know how to do...everything from how to drive a stick shift to how to tie a tie. Then it gives step-by-step instructions. I love it. He wanted a book that he can read to me out of, because I love it when he does that. so, I got him Delta of Venus by Anais Nin. For those of you who knows what it's about...it has got to be some of the most tasteful, almost beautiful (what ma I saying almost for?) erotica imaginable. I really love it. I'm sure there will be many nights spend by the fireplace reading. Now, I was thinking about painting a cigar box I have lying around here. We write each other a lot of letters..so I thought this could be a special place to keep them. I'd line it with fabric...and maybe put a picture of us on the inside... What do you think of these ideas?

This is hypothetical: Would it be legal for a 10 year old girl to make vocal readings of erotic literature: Nabokov's Lolita, or Anais Nin' Short Stories, or Paul Ruditis' Rainbow Party. The literature is available, she would just read the text in her voice and sell it to whomever desired it. This would be commerce, but would she or the purchaser violate and legal restriction? Why do people think in this day and age that an responsible adult (parent, guarandian) has to put a tween up to anything? Erotic imagines are all about in our society --- look at TV, magazines, music. Look at the Dairy Queen commercial, where a ten - eleven year old cons a boy out of a sundae. When children are dress themselves as vamps and tarts --- it would not take a girl long to think that she could get away with this. Look at how many girls, just using the Internet, get themselves picked up by sicko or by police agents pretending to be police agents. There have been several reported cases where 10 - 13 years had set up group sex encounters in one another's homes --- the parents were shocked and outraged that these kids would do this. The parents did not teach them this behavior nor did the parent put them up to it. Why do people think in this day and age that an responsible adult (parent, guarandian) has to put a tween up to anything? Erotic imagines are all about in our society --- look at TV, magazines, music. Look at the Dairy Queen commercial, where a ten - eleven year old cons a boy out of a sundae. When children are dressing themselves as vamps and tarts --- it would not take a girl long to think that she could get away with this. Look at how many girls, just using the Internet, get themselves picked up by sicko or by police agents pretending to be police agents. There have been several reported cases where 10 - 13 years had set up group sex encounters in one another's homes --- the parents were shocked and outraged that these kids would do this. The parents did not teach them this behavior nor did the parent put them up to it. editior@ --- SHOULD is the operative word in your reply, but childre are not like that these days.

I am looking for more classical or Gothic Era writers, although if there happens to be a spectacular book published in the last few years, I'd be willing to investigate. PLEASE, don't repeat anything on this list or tell me Stephanie Meyer/Christopher Paolini/etc. I've read the Twilight books, anyways. They were eh *shrugs*. Here's my list so far: Goethe Blake Poe Marlow Tennyson Lord Byron Anais Nin Wilde Keats Morliere Hawthorne Dickenson Brontee A. Rice Bram Stoker Mary Shelley Melissa Marr Storm Constantine Ellen Schreiber Chaucer Falkner Any names or specific books you can add would be spectacular! =)

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. -Anais Nin ((((HUG)))) Namaste Peace and Love

I love her books and was wondering if anyone could give me a complete list of all her works including all the volumes of her diaries. Thanks. Oh and does anyone know where I could order them all online? I just wanted a list before I started purchasing them so I wouldn't miss any.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." -Anais Nin Why do you think this quote have stood the test of time? In your opinion.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - This line is by Anais Nin. Well, why do you think this line have stood the test of time? Please answer. thanks.

i'm looking for a new book to read. i have a really diverse taste in literature. some of my favorite books are: -i know this much is true, by wally lamb -a portrait in sepia, by isabel allende -the drowning tree, by carol goodman -rain of gold, by victor villasenor -the great gatsby, by f. scott fitzgerald -under a glass bell, by anais nin -she's come undone, by wally lamb

this quote is true? "Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic." Anais Nin i mean anxiety as in "smothering" a man or a woman in a relationship b/c you fear losing him or her... Anais Nin has a lot of great quotes...google her! she was way ahead of the time she lived in. love her!

i havent read any of her works but i've readed some of her quoted work and she has blown me away. any reccommendations on what i should read from her ?

I know it's the title of Anais Nin's work and there's a film as well, but is the term referring to a woman's nether regions or something else? Thanks.

"One discovers that destiny can be directed, that one does not have to remain in bondage to the first wax imprint made in childhood. One need not to be branded by the first pattern. Once the deforming mirror is smashed, there is a possibility of wholeness; there is a possibility of joy" That was written by Anais Nin. Reading that gives me hope, which is joy in itself. Learning to be true to my "true" self that doesnt focus on fear,doubts and worries encourages me to open my mind. Love to hear your thoughts and thanks in advance. Thanks Awry for that suggestion, I will take you up on that.

"Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country." - Anais Nin Do you follow your dreams?

My personal favorite is Anais Nin's "House of Incest"

I'm reading Anais Nin's, "Henry and June," It's ok so far. So far, it seems as if Anais is torn about what she really wants out of life. Does she want the romantic/comfortable side with Hugo her husband. Or does she want more adventure with the realtionship she develpoes with Henry and June. Or maybe she just wants it all... Unrealistic to me.

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. -Anais Nin Thank you my friends for opening up a beautiful new world.. ((((HUG)))) Namaste Peace and Love wgm789 Stop learning

She ran around with Henry Miller in 1930s Paris. She wrote timeless erotica through her diary. The movie Henry and June was based on her. Her words seem to jump off the page and infiltrate the senses! Birth February 21, 1903