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The unknown was my compass. The unknown was my encyclopedia. The unnamed was my science and progress.

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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 dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle.
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When I don't write, I feel my world shrinking. I feel I am in a prison. I feel I lose my fire and my color. It should be a necessity, as the sea needs to heave, and I call it breathing.
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Your strength is soft, indirect, delicate, tender, womanly. But it is strength just the same.
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I was stirred only like a leaf in the wind, that is all. . .
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There is a resemblance between men and women, not a contrast. When a man begins to recognize his feeling, the two unite. When men accept the sensitive side of themselves, they come alive.
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Hollywood is a mirage factory.
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I love your silences, they are like mine.
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In the world of the dreamer there was solitude: all the exaltations and joys came in the moment of preparation for living. They took place in solitude.
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I am in great terror of your understanding by which you penetrate into my world and then I stand revealed and I have shared my kingdom with you.
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