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We are like sculptors, constantly carving out of others the image we long for, need, love or desire, often against reality, against their benefit, and always, in the end, a disappointment, because it does not fit them.

Anais Nin

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Anais Nin
Age: 73 †
Born: 1903
Born: February 21
Died: 1977
Died: January 14
Author
Autobiographer
Diarist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Neuilly
Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell
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Doe
Image
Carving
Need
Benefits
Sculptors
Needs
Desire
Disappointment
Long
Often
Benefit
Always
Inspirational
Acceptance
Love
Others
Honesty
Like
Reality
Fit
Ends
Constantly

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