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I want to make my own discoveries…….penetrate the evil which attracts me

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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 why families were created with all their imperfections. They humanize you. They are made to make you forget yourself occasionally, so that the beautiful balance of life is not destroyed.
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The suppression of inner patterns in favor of patterns created by society is dangerous to us.
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The artist is the only one who knows that the world is a subjective creation, that there is a choice to be made, a selection of elements.
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Life is a full circle, widening until it joins the circle motions of the infinite.
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I see myself wrapped in lies, which do not seem to penetrate my soul, as if they are not really a part of me. They are like costumes.
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Nothing endures unless it has first been transposed into a myth, and the great advantage of myths is that they are ladies with portable roots.
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