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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
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Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell
Anais Nin
Begin
Organize
Objects
Unable
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Organized
Order
Bear
Belongings
Cannot
Anymore
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Life
Seek
Pressures
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Bears
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Belonging
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