Who said “Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and…”?

Verified

Anais Nin. A published source records them saying or writing it.

SourceDiary entries (1914-1974), March 1937

Find Diary entries on Amazon · paid link

Evidence: Wikiquote · How we check

Source checked · Something wrong? Report a correction

Authors A–Z
“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
VerifiedDiary entries (1914-1974), March 1937 · evidenceFriends and Friendship

Cite this quote

For academic work, cite the original where you can: Diary entries (1914-1974), March 1937.

APA

Nin, A. (n.d.). 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. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/18829-each-friend-represents-a-world-in-us-a/

MLA

Nin, Anais. “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.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/18829-each-friend-represents-a-world-in-us-a/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Nin, Anais. “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.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/18829-each-friend-represents-a-world-in-us-a/.

Related quotes

More quotes by Anais Nin

“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't 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 tarnishings, but never of natural death.”
VerifiedThe Four-Chambered Heart (1950), p. 48 · evidenceDetails & citeLove
“Dreams are necessary to life.”
Dreams
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”
Courage
“I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to a pattern.”
Fathers
“Woman does not forget she needs the fecundator, she does not forget that everything that is born of her is planted in her.”
Women
All 15 Anais Nin quotes →