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I hate rarely, though when I hate, I hate murderously.

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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
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the cynic is a coward. He foresees all barrenness so that barrenness can never surprise him.
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A trite word is an overused word which has lost its identity like an old coat in a second-hand shop. The familiar grows dull and we no longer see, hear, or taste it.
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The period without the diary remains an ordeal. Every evening I want my diary as one wants opium.
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Jazz is the music of the body.
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myself ... is merely an instrument to connect life and a myth
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There were silences in my head. I could abandon myself completely to the pleasure of multiple relationships, to the beauty of the day, to the joys of the day. It was as if a cancer in me had ceased gnawing me. The cancer of introspection.
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