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She makes use of the soft of the bread for a napkin. She falls asleep at times with shoes on, on unmade beds. When a little money comes in, June buys delicacies, strawberries in the winter, caviar and bath salts.

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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
Anais Nin
Comes
Soft
Buys
Delicacies
Makes
Bread
Delicacy
Salts
Money
Winter
Bath
Unmade
Littles
Bed
Baths
Napkin
Little
Shoes
June
Napkins
Times
Asleep
Caviar
Use
Salt
Strawberries
Fall
Falls
Beds

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