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The imagination is far better at inventing tortures than life because the imagination is a demon within us and it knows where to strike, where it hurts. It knows the vulnerable spot, and life does not, our friends and lovers do not, because seldom do they have the imagination equal to the task.

Anais Nin

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Anais Nin
Age: 73 †
Born: 1903
Born: February 21
Died: 1977
Died: January 14
Author
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Novelist
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Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell
Anais Nin
Imagination
Spots
Hurt
Torture
Tortures
Within
Task
Inventing
Friends
Strikes
Hurts
Doe
Vulnerable
Strike
Better
Tasks
Spot
Life
Lovers
Demon
Equal
Seldom

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