Anais Nin

The Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1934–1939

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The second volume of “one of the most remarkable diaries in the history of letters” (Los Angeles Times).
Beginning with the author’s arrival in New York, this diary recounts Anaïs Nin’s work as a psychoanalyst, and is filled with the stories of her analytical patients—as well as her musings over the challenges facing the artist in the modern world. The diary of this remarkably daring and candid woman provides a deeply intimate look inside her mind, as well as a fascinating chapter in her tumultuous life in the latter years of the 1930s.
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465 printed pages
Original publication
1970
Publication year
1970
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  • endlessemotionshas quoted6 years ago
    Human is evil. Being jealous, indiscreet, possessive, lazy and dependent, exploiting others, that is human. Having compassion and understanding, patience and helping others, all of which is considered human, is ideological goodness.
  • endlessemotionshas quoted6 years ago
    “What I like best about myself,” she writes, “is my audacity, my courage. The ways I have found to be true to myself without causing too much pain or damage. . . . What I hate so much is my vanity, my need to shine, my need of applause and my sentimentality. I would like to be harder. I cannot make a joke, make fun of anyone, without feeling regrets.”
  • endlessemotionshas quoted6 years ago
    I never reacted naturally according to my emotions. Of course, it was self-protection, which I rationalized as human: not to hurt others. Cruelty, cheapness, meanness, that is human.

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