"(...) Older people fall into rigid patterns. Curiosity, risk, exploration are forgotten by them. You have not yet discovered that you have a lot to give, and that the more you give the more riches you will find in yourself. It amazed me that you felt that each time you write a story you gave away one of your dreams and you felt the poorer for it. But then you have not thought that this dream is planted in others, others begin to live it too, it is shared, it is the beginning of friendship and love. (...) You must not fear, hold back, count or be a miser with your thoughts and feelings. (...)"
in The Diary of Anais Nin, Vol. 4: 1944-1947