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All unlived emotions turn to inanity.

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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A man who lives unrelated to other human beings dies. But a man who lives unrelated to himself also dies.
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All that is sacred and taboo in the world are meaningless.
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Jazz is the music of the body.
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Nothing endures unless it has first been transposed into a myth, and the great advantage of myths is that they are ladies with portable roots.
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I only believe in fire. Life. Fire. Being myself on fire I set others on fire. Never death. Fire and life.
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The shell is America's most active contribution to the formation of character. A tough hide. Grow it early.
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Write. Write until it stops hurting.
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You carry away with you a reflection of me, a part of me. I dreamed you I wished for your existence. You will always be a part of my life. If I love you, it must be because we shared, at some moment, the same imaginings, the same madness, the same stage.
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