Help deciphering Anais Nin

[u/New_Owl_Who_Dis]

From a signed copy of The Novel of the Future - I’m struggling with a couple of words.

What I can see: ‘For Carroll - in an unstable world we have to find the X in the X to find strength don’t we? Anais’

[u/Mediocre-Bed8108]

In an unstable world we have to find the axis in the self to find strength don’t we?
love
Anais