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The leaf fall of his words, the stained glass hues of his moods, the rust in his voice, the smoke in his mouth, his breath on my vision like human breath blinding a mirror.

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Anais Nin
Age: 73 †
Born: 1903
Born: February 21
Died: 1977
Died: January 14
Author
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Novelist
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Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell
Anais Nin
Vision
Glasses
Stained
Voice
Breath
Hue
Words
Breaths
Moods
Fall
Smoke
Rust
Human
Mood
Leafs
Humans
Mouth
Leaf
Like
Mirrors
Glass
Hues
Mouths
Mirror
Blinding

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