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I don’t really want to become normal, average, standard. I want merely to gain in strength, in the courage to live out my life more fully, enjoy more, experience more. I want to develop even more original and more unconventional traits

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Anais Nin
Age: 73 †
Born: 1903
Born: February 21
Died: 1977
Died: January 14
Author
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Diarist
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell
Anais Nin
Live
Merely
Standard
Even
Standards
Gain
Really
Normal
Originals
Life
Courage
Original
Strength
Fully
Enjoy
Develop
Experience
Gains
Unconventional
Become
Average
Traits

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