人生是一個轉變的過程，是由我們必須經歷的不同狀態所組成。人們不懂的是，他們希望選擇一種狀態然後停留在那。這是一種死亡。Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.
— Anaïs Nin, Author
人生是一個轉變的過程，是由我們必須經歷的不同狀態所組成。人們不懂的是，他們希望選擇一種狀態然後停留在那。這是一種死亡。

– 艾納伊絲‧寧 (1903-1977) 出生法國的美國作家，作品包括日誌、小說、論文、短篇故事、情色文學等，她勇於探索生命，當時思想極為前衛的女性主義作家。