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My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.

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Anais Nin
Age: 73 †
Born: 1903
Born: February 21
Died: 1977
Died: January 14
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Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell
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[On Paris:] A city never entirely known, yet which gives you the feeling of intimacy, of possessing it intimately.
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What can I do with my happiness? How can I keep it, conceal it, bury it where I may never lose it? I want to kneel as it falls over me like rain, gather it up with lace and silk, and press it over myself again.
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Big Business and Politics are twins, they are the monsters who kill everything, corrupt everything.
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I only believe in fire. Life. Fire. Being myself on fire I set others on fire. Never death. Fire and life.
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I am lonely, yet not everybody will do. I don't know why, some people fill the gaps and others emphasize my loneliness. In reality those who satisfy me are those who simply allow me to live with my ''idea of them.
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