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Coming near him like a ballet dancer she took a leap towards him, and he, frightened by her vehemence, and fearing that she would crash against him, instinctively became absolutely rigid, and she felt herself embracing a statue.

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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
Absolutely
Statues
Became
Crash
Took
Ballet
Vehemence
Coming
Frightened
Fearing
Felt
Leap
Instinctively
Would
Dancer
Statue
Like
Near
Rigid
Towards
Embracing

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