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The enemy of a love is never outside, it's not a man or woman, it's what we lack in ourselves.

Anais Nin

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Anais Nin
Age: 73 †
Born: 1903
Born: February 21
Died: 1977
Died: January 14
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Novelist
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Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell
Anais Nin
Outside
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Woman
Never
Men
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Life
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