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. - Anais Nin

You carry away with you a reflection of me, a part of me. I dreamed you; I wished for your existence. You will always be a part of my life. If I love you, it must be because we shared, at some moment, the same imaginings, the same madness, the same stage.  - Anais Nin (from Henry and June)