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I am lonely, yet not everybody will do. I don't know why, some people fill the gaps and others emphasize my loneliness. In reality those who satisfy me are those who simply allow me to live with my ''idea of them.

Anais Nin

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Anais Nin
Age: 73 †
Born: 1903
Born: February 21
Died: 1977
Died: January 14
Author
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Novelist
Screenwriter
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Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell
Anais Nin
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People
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Simply
Everybody
Emphasize
Idea
Satisfy
Others
Gaps
Reality
Fill
Ideas
Loneliness

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