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I am aware of being in a beautiful prison, from which I can only escape by writing.

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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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Introspection is a devouring monster. You have to feed it with much material, much experience, many people, many places, many loves, many creations, and then it ceases feeding on you.
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When I don't write, I feel my world shrink. I lose my fire, my color.
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I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to a pattern.
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