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We don't see things as they are, we see them as we ... believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman.

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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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