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To think of him in the middle of the day lifts me out of ordinary living.
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 only believe in fire. Life. Fire. Being myself on fire I set others on fire. Never death. Fire and life.
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A man fell in love with Jeanne, and she tried to love him. But she complained that he uttered such ordinary words, that he could never say the magic phrase which would open her being.
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Introspection is a devouring monster.
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It is easy to love and there are so many ways to do it.
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A trite word is an overused word which has lost its identity like an old coat in a second-hand shop. The familiar grows dull and we no longer see, hear, or taste it.
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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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We are beginning to see the influence of dream upon reality and reality upon dream.
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I prefer empty cages, Sabina, until I find a unique bird I once saw in my dreams.
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I walk ahead of myself in perpetual expectancy of miracles.
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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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