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The self is merely the lens through which we see others and the world.

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
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the cynic is a coward. He foresees all barrenness so that barrenness can never surprise him.
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The creative personality never remains fixed on the first world it discovers. It never resigns itself to anything.
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To withhold from living is to die ... the more you give of yourself to life the more life nourishes you.
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Perfection is static, And I am in full progress.
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