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I do not want to be the leader. I refuse to be the leader. I want to live darkly.

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
Darkly
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Refuse
Leader
Live

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Idealism is the death of the body and the imagination. All but freedom, utter freedom, is death
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I prefer empty cages, Sabina, until I find a unique bird I once saw in my dreams.
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perhaps the only magician we have is the artist.
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He was now in that state of fire that she loved. She wanted to be burnt.
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Your strength is soft, indirect, delicate, tender, womanly. But it is strength just the same.
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