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When I cannot bear outer pressures anymore, I begin to put order in my belongings...As if unable to organize and control my life, I seek to exert this on the world of objects.

Anais Nin

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Anais Nin
Age: 73 †
Born: 1903
Born: February 21
Died: 1977
Died: January 14
Author
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Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell
Anais Nin
Cannot
Anymore
Exert
Life
Seek
Pressures
World
Bears
Outer
Pressure
Belonging
Begin
Organize
Objects
Unable
Control
Organized
Order
Bear
Belongings

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