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although I love a rich life, I hate an overcrowded life. I believe in rumination and lose half the beauty of all things when I am deprived of the time to ruminate.

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
Anais Nin
Love
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Life
Rich
Ruminate
Beauty
Rumination
Half
Overcrowded
Hate
Deprived
Believe
Leisure
Things
Although
Time
Lose

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