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This diary is my kief, hashish and opium pipe. This is my drug and my vice.

Anais Nin

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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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I know no joy as great as a moment of rushing into a new love, no ecstasy like that of a new love.
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