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Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him, but you know he will strangle you with his panic.

Anais Nin

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Anais Nin
Age: 73 †
Born: 1903
Born: February 21
Died: 1977
Died: January 14
Author
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Diarist
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell
Anais Nin
Love
Worry
Killer
Life
Greatest
Drowning
Makes
Killers
Others
Panic
Might
Holds
Feel
Anxiety
Feels
Save
Strangling
Men
Marriage
Strangle

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