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“Because history is only an aggregate of personal hostilities, personal prejudices, personal blindness and irrationality, there are times when we have to live against it.”

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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

“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.”

Knows Doe Imagination Hurt Lovers Equal Tasks Strikes Spots Vulnerable Torture Demon It Hurts Inventing Lovers And Friends

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“The inner chambers of the soul are like the photographer's darkroom. Like a laboratory. One cannot stay there all the time or it becomes the solitary cell of the neurotic.”

Soul Photographer Cells Solitary Chamber Laboratory Neurotic Darkroom

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“It is difficult to live with the pure. They do not condemn you; they forgive you. This forgiveness is more terrible than a judgment.”

Difficult Terrible Pure Judgment Perfection Forgiving Innocence

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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.”

Believe Time Hate I Believe Loses Half Rich All Things I Hate I Believe In Leisure Deprived Rich Life Rumination

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