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“We celebrate peace. Yet we pay no attention to the ways of curing aggression in human beings. And when one sees in psychoanalysis hostility disappearing as people conquer their fears, one wonders if the cure is not there.”

Quote by Anais Nin

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Anais Nin

Anais Nin, born on February 21, 1903, in Madrid, Spain, and died on January 14, 1977, in Los Angeles, United States, was a renowned American author. Known for her unique introspective writing and dreamlike narrative style, her works include 'Henry Miller's Desires'. more

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Should Soul Voice Perfect All Things Lonely Shining Brilliant Worried Fortunate Glorious Righteousness Imperfect Trapped Thirst

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Knows Stills Pain Used Fall Differences Walks Forget Gone Missing Rounds Holes Discovering Forget It

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“My words are unerring tools of destruction, and I’ve come unequipped with the ability to disarm them.”

Ability Tools Destruction

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“If not just the brain but the quirks that made the individual were composed of recycled matter only, it was hard to be sure where the edges of one such being ended and another person began.”

Ifs Persons Made Matter Hard Individual Brain Edges Quirks Recycled

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