Dr Allendy said that it was necessary to become equal to life, that the romantic was defeated by life, really died of it, whether by tuberculosis in the old days, or by neurosis today. I had never thought before of the connection between neurosis and romanticism. Wanting the impossible? Dying when unable to reach it? Not wanting to compromise?
Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934
neurosis, romantic, romanticism